Eric Trager on the Muslim Brotherhood’s view
of Iran and Iran’s foreign policy
Eric Trager is the Next Generation Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He is an expert on Egyptian politics and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Dr. Trager …
Like a Silicon Valley tech upstart company that has shaken the status and market share of technology giants, Your Middle East, an online magazine with offices in Europe and the Middle East, is bent on transforming the Middle East coverage in the media and, as …
Meir Javedanfar on Israel’s View on Iran’s Elections
Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian-born Israeli Middle East expert. He lived in Iran until eight years after the revolution. He was educated in British universities and now lives in Israel. Asia Times called him “one of the best informed observers” of …
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Fadi F. Elhusseini is a Political and Media Counselor at the Embassy of Palestine in Turkey. He is an Associate Research Fellow (ESRC) at the Institute for Middle East Studies- Canada. He served as the Director of the Bureau of Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and as a …
Cliff Kupchan on Russia’s Strategic Interests in Iran
Cliff Kupchan is the Director for the Middle East at Eurasia Group, a leading geopolitical risk consulting firm, where his work focuses on Iran, Russia, and US foreign policy. Mr. Kupchan works closely on …
Karim Sadjadpour on Iran’s Conflicting National
and Ideological Interests
Karim Sadjadpour is a leading policy analyst and researcher on Iran at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Previously, he was chief Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group. Mr. Sadjadpour’s views on …
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The following is a contributing piece by Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Mr. Chandrasekhar is a well-known and independent member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, representing the state of Karnataka. He was elected in May 2006 and was then unanimously re-elected for a …
Frederic Hof on Syria’s Weight on Iran’s Security Interests
Ambassador Frederic C. Hof is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. In 2012 Ambassador Hof was tasked by President Obama to head the …
Trita Parsi on Sanctions and Iran’s Strategic Imperatives
Trita Parsi is is the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a non-partisan, non-profit organization through which Iranian-Americans could participate in American civic life. Dr. Parsi is considered a leading analyst and observer …
Ramin Jahanbegloo on Iran’s Crises of
Ethics and Institutionalized Violence
Ramin Jahanbegloo is an internationally known Iranian-Canadian philosopher known for his intellectual work and efforts on fostering constructive dialogue among divergent cultures and for his advocacy to bring about social and political change based on …
Farideh Farhi on Iran’s Power Dynamics
Farideh Farhi is an Independent Scholar and Affiliate Graduate Faculty at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Dr. Farhi is a regular contributor to Lobe Log Foreign Policy, the US foreign policy blog of the
Mehdi Khalaji on Iran’s Crisis of State Ideology
Mehdi Khalaji is a senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, focusing on the politics of Iran and the Middle East. Mr. Khalaji is considered one of the leading …
Haleh Esfandiari on Iran’s Election Dyamics
Haleh Esfandiari is the Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. Dr. Esfandiari taught Persian language at Oxford University and, prior to coming to …
Abbas Milani on the Islamic Republic’s Declining Fortunes
Dr. Abbas Milani, is the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University and a Professor in Division of International, Comparative, and Area Studies. He is considered one of the …
Hooman Majd on Iran’s Potential for Change
Hooman Majd is one of the leading observers of Iranian politics known for his on-the-ground view of events taking place in Iran’s complex political system. The grandson of a prominent ayatollah and the son of an …
