A curated record of television appearances, international press coverage, academic journal publications, and media features spanning three decades of scholarship and public engagement.
Contributions to the foremost publication on nuclear policy risk — covering Iran's nuclear programme and the state of arms control diplomacy in the 21st century.
A landmark study of the pragmatic reorientation of Iranian foreign policy following the 1991 Gulf War, tracing the shift from ideological radicalism to strategic calculation under Rafsanjani.
A body of peer-reviewed work in one of the world's foremost international relations journals, examining Iranian foreign policy, nuclear diplomacy, and global governance.
A series of analytical essays for Middle East Eye examining Iran's evolving foreign policy, the nuclear file, and Tehran's relationships with regional and global powers.
A pioneering study of civil society environmentalism in Iran, examining the tension between state ecology policy and grassroots environmental activism.
Regular policy commentary published in Modern Diplomacy — the leading European foreign policy journal — covering Iranian diplomacy, nuclear negotiations, and regional geopolitics.
Selected television and video appearances. Kaveh Afrasiabi has made dozens of appearances as a Middle East expert on CNN, Al Jazeera, BBC, PBS, Voice of America, CGTN, Press TV, Russia Today and other international networks.
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Peer-reviewed articles and academic contributions spanning international relations theory, Iranian foreign policy, theology, and environmental studies.
Examines the pragmatic reorientation of Iranian foreign policy following the 1991 Gulf War, tracing the shift from ideological radicalism to strategic calculation.
Read on JSTOR →Peer-reviewed analysis of Iran's nuclear strategy within the framework of regional deterrence theory and the non-proliferation regime.
Read on JSTOR →Analyses the domestic political determinants of Iranian foreign policy, focusing on the interplay between state institutions and civil society actors.
Read on JSTOR →An early scholarly contribution to the debate on the compatibility of Islamic governance with democratic modernity, set in the Iranian political context.
Read in Telos →Examines the emergence of post-Islamist intellectual currents within Iran in the late 1990s and their implications for the Khatami reform movement.
Read in Telos →Applies Habermasian communicative action theory to Islamic political philosophy, with particular reference to the Iranian context and the reform movement.
Read in Telos →A body of peer-reviewed work in one of the world's foremost IR journals, housed at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
View at Columbia →Contributions to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists covering Iran's nuclear programme and arms control diplomacy across multiple editions.
View at Bulletin →Regular policy commentary on the geopolitical shifts reshaping Iran's role in the international system post-JCPOA.
Eurasia Review →Analysis of the China-brokered Saudi–Iran normalisation and its implications for the broader Middle Eastern balance of power.
Middle East Eye →Examines the structural constraints on US coercive diplomacy and the Iranian government's strategic responses to maximum pressure.
LobeLog →A normative examination of the legitimacy of economic sanctions as a foreign policy instrument, with Iran as the central case study.
Modern Diplomacy →Analyses Tehran's strategic calculus following the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, examining available policy options and their consequences.
Middle East Eye →A forensic examination of the Trump Iran pressure campaign and its failure to achieve the stated objective of behavioural change.
LobeLog →Explores the deepening strategic partnership between Iran and Russia against the backdrop of Western sanctions and the war in Ukraine.
Eurasia Review →Proposes a fundamentally new framework for US–Iran and EU–Iran engagement, moving beyond the transactional nuclear file to address underlying structural tensions.
Modern Diplomacy →A pioneering study of civil society environmentalism in Iran, examining the tension between state ecology policy and grassroots activism.
Social Science Library →Three decades of scholarship, diplomacy, and public engagement — from the pages of the New York Times to the floor of the United Nations.
— Media presence of Kaveh Afrasiabi
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