Upheaval in Eurasia and Iran’s Shrinking Options

With Russia and China mired in crises, Iran has no choice but to deal with the United States.

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Eurasia is in a fit of historic change as Russia, China and India each undergo major transformations. Less obvious but no less impactful is what’s happening in Iran. After decades of trying to change the security architecture of the region, it is now being forced to adapt to pressure from within and without. The extent […]

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Kamran Bokhari
Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari