) ▁co - author ed ▁with ▁Michael ▁Kid ron , ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁& ▁ 4 th ▁( 1 9 9 7 ▁& ▁ 2 0 0 3 ) ▁as ▁sole ▁author . ▁ ▁Pro spect us ▁for ▁a ▁Hab itable ▁Planet ▁( co - ed ited ▁with ▁EP ▁Thompson ) ▁( 1 9 8 7 ) ▁ ▁European ▁Security ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁( ed ) ▁( 1 9 8 9 ) ▁ ▁G ender , ▁Peace ▁and ▁Conf lict ▁( co - ed ited ▁with ▁In ger ▁Sk j els b æ k ) ▁( 2 0 0 1 ) ▁▁ ▁The ▁State ▁of ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁ 1 st ▁edition ▁( 2 0 0 6 ) ▁ ▁The ▁State ▁of ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁ 2 nd ▁edition ▁( 2 0 0 8 ) ▁ ▁The ▁State ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁Atlas , ▁ 6 th ▁edition ▁( 1 9 9 9 ) ▁ ▁The ▁State ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁Atlas , ▁ 7 th ▁edition ▁( 2 0 0 3 ) ▁ ▁The ▁State ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁Atlas , ▁ 8 th ▁edition ▁( 2 0 0 8 ), ▁ranked ▁in ▁" The ▁ 1 0 ▁Best ▁Atl ases " ▁by ▁The ▁Independent ▁newspaper . ▁ ▁The ▁State ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁Atlas , ▁ 9 th ▁edition ▁( 2 0 1 3 ), ▁which ▁Stephen ▁Williams ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁African ▁said ▁compr ised ▁" extra ordinary ▁statistics ... ▁made ▁instantly ▁understand able ▁by ▁the ▁excellent