P R KumaraswamyP. R. Kumaraswamy is Professor of contemporary Middle East in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. From 1992 to 1999, he was a research fellow at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Jerusalem. Since joning JNU in September 1999, he has been researching, teaching, and writing on various aspects of the contemporary Middle East. His works include The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Ringside View (2023), Squaring the Circle: Mahatma Gandhi and the Jewish National Home (2018), India's Israel Policy (2010), and Historical Dictionary of the Arab Israeli Conflict (2015, second edition). In February 2010, he set up the virtual Middle East Institute, New Delhi and serves as its honorary director. He is the founding editor of Contemporary Review of the Middle East (Sage India), editor of Minorities in World Affairs (Akashganga), Persian Gulf Series (Palgrave Macmillan), and The Palgrave International Handbook of Israel. Read More Read Less