Amin Saikal

Professor Amin Saikal AM FASSA (born in Kabul, Afghanistan), former Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East & Central Asia), was a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University. Professor Saikal has specialised in the politics, history, political economy and international relations of the Middle East and Central Asia. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, Cambridge University and the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex), as well as a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow in International Relations (1983-1988). He is a member of many national and international academic organisations.

Professor Amin Saikal is a frequent commentator on radio and television. , and has published numerous articles in international journals, as well as many feature articles in major international newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times and The Guardian.

Honours and recognition

Writings
  • Saikal, Amin. The Rise and Fall of the Shah 1941 - 1979. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-207-14412-5.
  • Saikal, Amin (2003). Islam and the West: Conflict or Co-operation?. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Saikal, Amin (2004). Modern Afghanistan. A History of Struggle and Survival. I. B. Tauris and Co. Ltd.
  • Saikal, Amin (2009). The Rise and Fall of the Shah: Iran – From Autocracy to Religious Rule. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-207-14412-5.
  • Saikal, Amin, editor (2016). Weak States, Strong Societies: Power and Authority in the New World Order. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 9781784534806.
  • Saikal, Amin (2016). Iran at the Crossroads. Polity Press. ISBN 9780745685656.
  • Saikal, Amin (2019). Iran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691175478.
  • Piscatori, James, and Saikal, Amin (2019). Islam beyond Borders: The Umma in World Politics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108740555.

References
  1. "SAIKAL, Amin". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. "Fellows of the Academy » ASSA - Saikal, Amin". www.assa.edu.au. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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