Alireza Nader
Overview
Biography
Alireza Nader is a senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and the lead co-author of Coping with a Nuclearizing Iran (2011). His research has focused on Iran's political dynamics, elite decisionmaking, and Iranian foreign policy. His other RAND publications include Israel and Iran: A Dangerous Rivalry;The Next Supreme Leader: Succession in the Islamic Republic of Iran; Saudi-Iranian Relations Since the Fall of Saddam: Rivalry, Cooperation, and Implications for U.S. Policy; The Rise of the Pasdaran: Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps; and Mullahs, Guards, and Bonyads: An Exploration of Iranian Leadership Dynamics. His commentaries and articles have appeared in a variety of publications and he is widely cited by the U.S. and international media. Prior to joining RAND, Nader served as a research analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses. He is a native speaker of Farsi. Nader received his M.A. in international affairs from The George Washington University.
Research Focus
Previous Positions
Research Analyst, Center for Naval Analyses; Program Officer, U.S. Department of the TreasuryRecent Projects
- The Iranian nuclear program
- The Israeli-Iranian rivalry
- Iranian domestic politics
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
- Iranian objectives in Iraq and Afghanistan
Selected Publications
James Dobbins, Alireza Nader, Coping With a Nuclearizing Iran, RAND Corporation (MG-1154 SRF), 2011
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Alireza Nader, Israel and Iran: A Dagerous Rivalry, RAND Corporation (MG-1134), 2011
Languages
FarsiRecent Media Appearances
Interviews: Al Arabiya; Al Jazeera; BBC; CBS; CNBC; CNN; C-SPAN; MSNBC; NPR; Sirius XM; Voice of America
Commentary: ForeignPolicy.com; GlobalSecurity.org; International Herald Tribune; NYTimes.com; PBS FRONTLINE; Project Syndicate; San Francisco Chronicle; United Press International; United States Institute of Peace

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