Belfer Center
"Featuring Research Fellow Kayhan Barzegar"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Summer 2008
Kayhan Barzegar’s research at the Belfer Center focuses on Iran’s foreign policy in the post-9/11 Middle East and especially in post-invasion Iraq. As a fellow with the Center's Project on Managing the Atom and the International Security Program, he examines the aims, strategies, and the prospects of Iran’s relations with regional countries and outside powers, especially the United States. He also researches the politics of Iran’s nuclear program, focusing on the views from inside Iran.
Barzegar is assistant professor of international relations at Science and Research Campus, Tehran Azad University, and teaches at the School of International Relations. He is also a senior research fellow at the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies and Center for Strategic Research (CSR) in Tehran. In 2002-’03, he was a post-doctorate research fellow at the London School of Economics. An expert in Middle East politics and Iran’s foreign policy, Barzegar has published on Middle East issues and participated in several international conferences on the Middle East, Iran-U.S. relations, and political-security issues in the Persian Gulf.
“I am experiencing a great time at the Belfer Center,” Barzegar says. “Having worked with research institutes and executive elites in Tehran, I am happy to have the opportunity to share the views and realities of inside Iran with other fellows and researchers at the Kennedy School. Attending the Center’s seminars and meeting with policymakers has been very beneficial for me. Also, having the chance to directly discuss with them the regional issues and Iran’s foreign policy aims and demands is the best way of advancing mutual understanding. I can transfer my experience at the Belfer Center to my research institutes as well as my students upon my return to Iran.”
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Communications Office. "Featuring Research Fellow Kayhan Barzegar." Cambridge, Mass.: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Belfer Center Newsletter (Summer 2008).
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