The Middle East: terrorism, international law, and the cosmopolitan Myth
The Middle East: terrorism, international law, and the cosmopolitan Myth
Shamila Ahmed Department of Criminology, University of Westminster, London, UKShamila Ahmed is an interdisciplinary academic who uses the disciplines of law, criminology, international relations, social policy, political science, and psychology to provide understandings of the impact of structures, institutions, and discourses on individuals’ perceptions, beliefs, values, and experiences. Her work focuses on positively impacting laws, policies, and institutions to reduce inequalities, injustice, discrimination and trauma. She has authored numerous journal articles and books including Ahmed, S (2020) The ‘War on Terror’, State Crime & Radicalization: A Constitutive theory of Radicalization. Palgrave: London and Ahmed, S (2024) Institutional Racism: Colonialism, Epistemic Injustice and Cumulative Trauma. Routledge: London.