Vijay Prashad is George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College, Dublin. Recent publications include: The Death of the Nation and the Future of the Arab Revolution (2016); Arab Spring, Libyan Winter (2012); and The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South (2012). He writes weekly for AlterNet.org and BirGün, and bi-weekly for the Indian news magazine Frontline. He is the chief editor of LeftWord Books in New Delhi. [Last updated 2016]