K.M. Sajad IbrahimK.M. Sajad Ibrahim is currently Head, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. He was the Director, UGC-Nehru Studies Centre, University of Kerala during 2011-18. In recognition of the friendship, co-operation and deication to exemplary civic service, he was conferred Honorary Citizenship by the Mayor of the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA in July 2008. He is the recipient of Dr. Ramaswamy Mudaliar Gold Medal (1990) of the University of Kerala. He also won Professor Nandan Menon Prize from the University of Kerala in 1990. He has authored four books, viz. Palestinian Distress: The Ambiguity of Former Soviet Policy (2007); Globalisation, Fundamentalism and Terrorism: Issues in South India (edited, 2012); South Asia: Post-Nehruvian Dynamics of Diplomacy (edited, 2013) and Democracy and Development in India: Nehru and Beyond (edited, 2016). He has also contributed about 35 research articles in various national and international journals including Economic and Political Weekly, India Quarterly and chapters in edited books. His areas of research include West Asian politics, Indian democracy, Indian Muslims, comparative politics and international relations. Read More Read Less