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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 is also a candidate for Congress in Arizona's 3rd district In 2020, Yassamin was recognized by Forbes as ‘30 Under 30’ in Law & Policy, and in 2021, by the P...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hold a Master of Arts in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore and SciencesPo-Paris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

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 thesis are the "Relations of Iran and Saudi Arabia after the Islamic Revolution of Iran". I was also working as a Cultural mediator in the CIM organisation in partn...

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 and C-SPAN. We built a coalition of over 40 supporting organizations to help spread the word, and the audience was estimated at 20 million - enough to trend top...

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. Mr. Cafiero is a regular contributor to several publications including Al Monitor, The National Interest, and LobeLog. From 2014-2015, he was an analyst at Kroll...

Ahsha Safaí is a passionate advocate for children and working families. He believes that change begins at the local level – in our neighborhoods - where people are most affected by government policies and programs. Ahsha’s career in public service began in his hometown of Cambridge, Massachusetts working as an aide to a City Councilor. While studying at Northeastern University, under the tutelage...

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 prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (2012-2016) on the Role of Islam in Iran’s Foreign Policy-making. His research and publications cover re...

Rose Parris Richter is the Special Assistant to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and has been Director of the Human Rights in Iran Unit at the City University of New York since 2012. The Unit works with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights to support the UN Special Rapporteur’s mandate. Ms. Richter...

Founder and President of the global think tank network "Alternative Perspectives and Global Concerns (AP-GC). APGC is a global initiative that offers creative solutions to persisting global challenges from an alternative perspective, in service of promoting our common humanity. It has been granted Consultative Status by the ECOSOC in 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Kelly J. Shannon, specialize in the 20th century history of U.S. foreign relations and women’s history. My research focuses on U.S. relations with the Islamic world, U.S. relations with Iran, women’s human rights, transnational history, and international history. My first book, U.S. Foreign Policy and Muslim Women’s Human Rights (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) explored the integration of...

In recognizing Houshmand, the publication notes the University’s extraordinary accomplishments during his tenure, including, among many other accomplishments: Rowan’s two medical schools and its partnership with South Jersey’s largest health system to create Virtua Health College of Medicine & Health Sciences of Rowan University; the University’s Carnegie R2 doctoral university classification,...

Arash Azizi is a writer and historian living between New York City and Greenville, South Carolina. His writings and commentary on politics, history and cinema have appeared in numerous outlets including the New York Times, New York Review of Books, Washington Post, Newsweek, the BBC, Newlines, Haaretz, Daily Beast, Toronto Star, Jacobin, Guardian, Vanity Fair, The Nation, the Atlantic Council, Al-...

Annie Pforzheimer is a former career diplomat with the U.S. Department of State. She is currently a senior nonresident associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, an adjunct professor at the City University of New York, and a member of nonprofit organizations advocating for Afghan women. Her 30-year diplomatic career focused on civilian security and the rule of law. She was th...

Executive Director of the Giraffe Heroes Project ( giraffe.org ), a global nonprofit that moves people to stick their necks out for the common good and gives them tools to succeed. I'm a peace builder in the Middle East and Africa and in environmental conflicts in the United States. My work inspires and coaches people to put more personal meaning into their lives through service, helping solve sig...

Sydney Martin is the Program Manager of the Iran 1400 Project. He received his BA in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the Iran 1400 Project, he studied in Tajikistan with a Fulbright-Hays scholarship and interned at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, as well as the Critical Threats Project. Hosted on Acast....

Expertise in Public sector, government, Government Relations expertise and non-governmental organizations. Relationship and result oriented. Analytic, cooperative, responsible, independent, humorous, easy to create contacts and flexible. Ability to lead a group. Strong background in public administration along with experience in working within international relations, students, immigrants, employe...

On Politics365.com , Dr. Fariba Parsa speaks about her book project and invites sponsors to support this important topic. The book, titled "Women, Life, Freedom Movement: Exploring its Philosophy and its Resistance to Islamic Political Ideology," delves deeply into the intricate cultural and philosophical dynamics surrounding the conflict between the growing movement for women's freedom and the ba...

Elected as a member of the Committee of Inquiry/ Ledamot vid Granskningskommittén, tasked with reviewing the organisation and ensuring that it adheres to its purpose and goals. It is a great priviledge to have been elected and to take part in Amnesty Internationals work to uphold and to protect human rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Experienced Associate Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Intercultural Communication, Middle East Politics, Policy Analysis, Political Science, and International Relations. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from Princeton University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Iranian ex senior Diplomat and politician in the USA. political analyst and executive expert in strategic affairs and Regime change studies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Middle East Correspondent at Global Defense Insight, interest lies in Middle East, Pakistan, and foreign policy analysis. Passionate about providing insightful perspectives through articles and news stories. Seasoned foreign affairs correspondent and researcher with a keen eye for international affairs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mona Shaikh combines a South Asian sensibility with Americanized values cherishing the First Amendment—the right to bear big mouths. And her fresh, fearless, free speech has raised eyebrows. With her offbeat sense of humor Shaikh is a tightrope walker striving to maintain equilibrium while dealing with conflicting forces. With half of her life spent in a prominent conservative Muslim household in...

International trade attorney Elika Eftekhari specializes in understanding the business implications of geopolitics and international trade. She is a sought-after expert on sanctions, foreign policy particularly as it relates to MENA & China, and tariffs. She currently serves as General Counsel to a skincare startup, where she oversees all aspects of legal compliance, litigation risk, internati...

Richard Falk is an international law and international relations scholar who taught at Princeton University for forty years. Since 2002 he has lived in Santa Barbara, California, and taught at the local campus of the University of California in Global and International Studies and since 2005 chaired the Board of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...