Middle East Policy Journal
January 2025
Essays
The US Strategic Shifts Necessary For Stability in the Middle East
Middle East Policy Journal
published: 22 October 2024
Dr. Moousavian’s new article in “Cairo Review” – A Revolution and A War: How Iran Transformed Today’s Middle East
How the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the eight-year Iran–Iraq War greatly and irreversibly influenced the geopolitics and regional dynamics of the Middle East
Dr. Mousavian’s recent article in “IDEAS POLITICAS” titled “Towards a New Regional Strategy in the Persian Gulf”
Por una nueva estrategia regional en el Golfo
Si quiere evitar los errores cometidos por Trump, Biden deberá acabar con la política de máxima presión sobre Irán y promover el acercamiento entre este y los países del Golfo.
IDEAS POLITICAS
Iran’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East: A Grand Strategy
Seyed Hossein Mousavian (w/Mohammad Reza Chitsazian)
Iran didn’t ask for this crisis, but it won’t stand for Trump’s bullying
Ramping up uranium enrichment was an inevitable response to US moves. A resolution is possible if the president changes course. In May 2018, the Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was designed to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and had been agreed on after 12 years of exhaustive negotiations.Read More
Iran didn’t ask for this crisis, Seyed Hossein Mousavian, 7 July, 2019. Guardian.
How Iran Sees Its Standoff With the United States
“Washington’s reversal on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the nuclear deal is known, has turned Iranian citizens’ distrust on the United States and presented Iranian officials with stark, unwanted choices.”
“How Iran sees its Standoff with the United States;” July 12, 2019. Foreign Affairs. Seyed Hossein Mousavian.
It’s Time for the Leaders of Saudi Arabia and Iran to Talk
“Sustainable peace and security require good bilateral relations and regional cooperation between Tehran and Riyadh. Iran and Saudi Arabia have significant differences, but they share common interests in many critical issues, such as energy security, nuclear nonproliferation, and Middle East stability.”
It’s Time for the Leaders of Saudi Arabia and Iran to Talk; Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Abdulaziz Sager, May 14, 2019. New York Times.