Kayhan Barzegar

Kayhan Barzegar is a Senior Academic Advisor at the Institute for Political and International Studies. He is also a Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the SR Branch of Azad University in Tehran. Dr. Barzegar is the former director of the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies in Tehran (2010-2020), a former Research Fellow at Harvard University during 2007-2011, and a Research Fellow at LSE during 2002-2003. His works on regional and global affairs have been published widely, including in Foreign Affairs, the Washington Quarterly, Middle East Policy, World Policy Journal, and numerous English and Persian policy and academic journals. His latest publications include, "Iran’s Understanding of Strategic Stability in the Middle East," (2021), and the book entitled, Iran Regional Policy in Time (2019).