Muslim Agents of Statecrafting a Civilization

Product Description This article focuses on the salient agent (Virtuous Ruler/Shah/Supreme Leader/King) basing from the works of Al-Farabi (The Perfect State), Ferdowsi (The Epic of Kings), Al-Mawardi (The Ordinances of Government), and Nizam al-Mulk (The Book of Government or Rules for Kings). The study will first delineate their perspectives about the subject-matter (i.e. the institutional elites in statecraft), and then the author will compare and contrast their views including his own analysis as well. Selected comparative sections that pertain to the traceable criteria and processes of their views in order to complement an able and effective agent of statecrafting a civilization are presented. About the Author Nassef is a student of comparative study between Islam and International Relations. His research interests include nation-state, civilization, and the Bangsamoro. He is one of the founders of the International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort (Co-IRIS) and the founder of the Philippine International Studies Organization (PhISO). He is the author of, among other articles: "Nation-State in IR and Islam" in the Journal of Islamic State Practice in International Law, "The U.S. and Israel Securitization of Iran's Nuclear Energy" in The Quarterly Journal of Political Studies of Islamic World, "The Palestinian Refugee Question: A Constitutive Constructivist Interpretation" in Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, "Ideology that Spawns Islamist Militancy" in Frank Shanty's Counterterrorism: From the Cold War to the War on Terror. He also contributed some encyclopedic entries on civilization, nation-state, International Relations, nationalism, Qatar, nation, Suez Canal, etc. for various publishers such as ABC-CLIO, SAGE Publications, Inc., and Wiley-Blackwell. His first edited book 'International Relations and Islam: Diverse Perspectives' was published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing on August 2013. His second forthcoming volume co-edited with Deina Abdelkader and Raffaele Mauriello entitled 'Islam and International Relations: Contributions to Theory and Practice' will be published by Palgrave Macmillan on March 2016.