Iranian Politics

While in government I led the State Department's messaging and congressional relations for Iran and led legislative operations for the Senate Armed Services Committee. Outside of government, I helped found and currently run Polaris National…

Greg Priddy is Senior Fellow for the Middle East at the Center for the National Interest. He also consults for corporate and financial clients on political risk in the region and global energy markets. From 2006 to 2018, Mr. Priddy was…

Yassamin Ansari served as the Vice Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona and the youngest woman ever elected to the Phoenix City Council, representing one of the most diverse districts in the fifth-largest and fastest growing city in the country. She…

Merissa Khurma has extensive leadership experience in strategic communications and community engagement, strategic management, social and economic development, gender equality, and foreign policy. She has worked in a range of development…

I am a PhD researcher at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade, Serbia. My main interests are the Middle East issues, especially Iran's relation with Saudi Arabia, Gulf countries and United States of America. My topic of my PhD…

California State Senator. Chair, Budget Committee. Vice Chair, Legislative Jewish Caucus. Former Chair, Legislative LGBTQ Caucus. Housing/transit/climate/criminal justice reform/health/end poverty. Democrat.

Mohammad Asideh have a strong professional background in policy, government affairs, and program management with a successful track record of forming effective partnerships in Australia, the United States, Singapore, and the Middle East. I…

Giorgio Cafiero is the CEO and founder of Gulf State Analytics, a geopolitical risk consultancy based in Washington, DC. His research interests include geopolitical and security trends in the Arabian Peninsula and the broader Middle East.…

Work as a director at Free and Equal Elections Foundation - freeandequal.org - for which I co-produced an open presidential debate that was moderated by Larry King in 2012. Broadcasters included Al Jazeera, Free Speech TV, ORA TV, Link TV…

Shahram Akbarzadeh is Research Professor in Middle East and Central Asian Politics at Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (Deakin University), and convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum: www.mesf.org.auHe held a…