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DR. PRASAD M.V.

Assistant Professor & HoD, Department of Politics, Sree
Krishna College, Guruvayur, Calicut University, Kerala

Dr. Prasad M.V. is an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Political Science,
Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur, Kerala, affiliated to Calicut University, since
August 2013. He completed his PhD(2013) and MPhil(2008) Degree from Centre
for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi. He did his MA (2006), from School of International
Relations &Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.He has
attended a number of national and International seminars, conferences,
training programme workshops, etc. A number of research and policy articles of
the author have been published in various national and international Journals.
His first book: The Elusive Peace Process: PA and the US (Northern Book Centre,
New Delhi) was published in the year 2016.

About the Book
The book traces Britain’s changing role in West Asia in general and Palestine-
Israel Conflict in particular. It uncovers the current state of bilateral, regional
and global role of Britain in the Conflict and challenges it confronts in
21stCentury. It argues that during the colonial period, Britain’s positions and
polices necessitated the origin of the Palestine Question. During the Cold
War period the relations were mainly shaped by Great Powers and became
a non-decisive actor in the issue. However, at the end of Cold War and the
subsequent emergence of unipolar cum-multi polar world order has had a
great impact on the West Asian region. Britain began to reinvent her position
to address the complex challenges and prospects in the region, particularly the
unfinished dream of establishing a Palestine state. Though short, the book is
a comprehensive study from an Indian/Asian perspective of Palestine-Israel
conflict and Britain in the present century.

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