The course will commence with an in depth study of David J. Whittaker’s The Terrorism Reader (4th Ed). This is one of the best Readers currently available for its depth and scope. The second part of the course will see us studying Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst’s book After Terror, which has attracted favorable reviews. The final portion of the course will see us examining violent extremism in the regions bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan, analyzed in The Scorpion’s Tail by Zahid Hussain. We shall also discuss the latest developments regarding violent extremism in the Middle East. I will give my own insights on international terrorism, based on my involvement with this issue in 1992-94 as Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan...