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Alireza Nader

Washington Office

International Affairs Analyst

Media Availability

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Education

M.A. in international affairs, The George Washington University; B.A. in political science, University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Focus

Iranian decisionmaking and internal politics; Iranian foreign and national security policy; Persian Gulf security

Selected Publications

Frederic Wehrey et al., Saudi-Iranian Relations Since the Fall of Saddam, RAND Corporation, 2009

Frederic Wehrey et al., The Rise of the Pasdaran: Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, RAND Corporation, 2009

Research Focus

Iranian decisionmaking and internal politics; Iranian foreign and national security policy; Persian Gulf security

Recent Projects

  • Elite decisionmaking
  • Iranian Presidential election
  • The political ascent of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
  • The Saudi-Iranian rivalry
  • Iranian objectives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Previous Positions

Research analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses; program officer at the U.S. Department of the Treasury

Selected Publications

The Rise of the Pasdaran: Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Frederic Wehrey et al., RAND Corporation, 2009

Saudi-Iranian Relations Since the Fall of Saddam, Frederic Wehrey et al., RAND Corporation, 2009

Languages

Farsi

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: BBC Arabic, BBC Persian, Voice of America

Commentary: San Francisco Chronicle, UPI

To arrange an interview:

Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.

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