Education: BSc (Econs), University of London; MSc (SocSci), University of Southampton

Career: Shahid Qadir is Honorary Research Associate at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also Editor of the journal Third World Quarterly (see url below).

Publications include: Regimes in Crises: The Post-Soviet Era and the Implications for Development 1995; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England; Tel: +44 (0)7961 327932 (mobile); Fax: +44 (0)20 8947-1243; Email: editor@thirdworldquarterly.com ; Website: http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01436597.asp/ .