
Anahita Motazed Rad
Dr. Anahita Motazed Rad is a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE in the International Relations Department and Associate Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre and IDEAS/Women in Diplomacy. She focuses her research on the Middle East’s response to US-China competition, particularly in relation to Iran’s foreign policy and Iran’s regional role.’ She tweets at @motazedanahita
Items by Anahita Motazed Rad
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- January 17, 2024 Anahita Motazed Rad
Developmental states in the Middle East and the status of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Middle East is usually recognised through words such as oil, crisis, war, chaos, terrorism, radicalism and underdevelopment. It has been trying to make some noteworthy transformation during recent years. Despite enduring systemic and security challenges along with conflicts, some countries in the region, especially those on the southern edge...
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- May 28, 2021 Anahita Motazed Rad
The US strategic shift in the Middle East
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) suffers from civil wars, internal upheavals, refugee flows and humanitarian crises. It is one of the least integrated and the most conflict-ridden regions in the world and is in dire need of new and agreed mechanisms for the de-escalation of conflicts caused...