Dr. Mehdi Khorsand, Secretary of the Political Working Group, Iran-China Strategic Stu
Educational Background |
BA, Industrial Economics, University of Sistan and Baluchestan MA, Central Asian and Caucasian Studies, Allameh Tabataba’i University PhD, Political Sciences (Iran’s Issues), Islamic Azad University, Southern Tehran |
Research Background |
Member of the Policy Making Council, Iran-China Strategic Studies Think Tank Manager and Organizer of two terms of the University Student Robotic Contest at the University of Sistan and Baluchestan, 2009, 2010 Research article presented at the second International Security Conference of Tehran on “The Place of the Middle East in Russia’s Economic Diplomacy” Research article presented at the third International Security Conference of Tehran on “A Study of the Comparative Security View of China and Russia on West Asia” Research article presented at the Conference on the Security-Defensive Architecture of the Islamic System on “The Impact of Regional Alliances with the East on the Future of the Security and Defensive Architecture of the Islamic Republic of Iran” Research article presented at the Conference on Forty Years of Political Achievements of the Islamic Republic of Iran on “Iran’s Membership to Eurasian Economic Union and its Impact on the Political and Economic Interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran” Research article published in the Proceedings of the National Conference of Islamic Revolution in Imam Khomeini’s Intellectual System (from Theory to Practice), awarded in the closing of the conference on June 20, 2018 Membership in the National Working Group on the Study of Iran’s Infrastructural Challenges in Transit, under the supervision of Majlis Research Center, with a meta-analysis proposal on Iran’s transportation challenges Conducting the national project of studying Eurasian transit experiences and their comparative study with respect to Iran, under Majlish Research Center Research article on “Turkey’s East-leaning Policy and its Impact on Iran-Azerbaijan Relations” in Central Eurasia Quarterly, affiliated with the University of Tehran Research article submitted to Central Eurasia Quarterly on “Iran’s Place in the Political Economy of Transportation in Central Eurasia and Caucasia” Research article on “Iran’s Membership in Eurasian Economic Union and its Impact on the Political and Economic Interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran” in Central Asia and Caucasia Quarterly, affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Membership in the team providing a report evaluating the implementation of public transportation policies of Iran, entrusted by the Commission on Infrastructural Affairs of Expediency Discernment Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran Research article praised in the first International Conference on America’s Decline: The Past Course and Future Developments on “A Study of the Impact of the Growth of the Components of China’s Soft Power on the Hegemonic Decline of America” Research article submitted to American Strategic Studies Quarterly on “China-America Hegemonic Rivalry in the South China Sea during Biden’s Administration (2020-2024)” Research article on “The Political Economics of the Relation between Armenia and the Islamic Republic of Iran after the Karabakh War in 2020” presented at the Conference on the Political Economics of Iran-Armenia Relations held at Yerevan State University Research article presented and praised at the Second International Conference on China Studies on “Modern Silk Road and its Impact on the Economic Growth and Political Development of Iran” Research article presented at the National Conference on the Culture of Anticipation and the Strategy of Resistance in Shahid Soleimani’s School of Thought on “An Attempt to Go Beyond the Unjust Order in the Culture of Anticipation and the School of Shahid Soleimani” Research article selected and praised in the second International Conference on America’s Decline: The Post-American World on “The Role of Afghanistan’s Developments in the Decline of America and its Impact on the Increased Rise of China” Book A Future Study of China in 2030 (under press) Translation of the book Modeling Conflict Between China and the United States: A Game Theoretical Approach for Irregular War and Diplomacy, to be published by the International Relations Think Tank in 2021. |
Media Background |
Invited expert guest on the TV program “The First Print” on IRINN, discussing Caucasian and Chinese issues Invited expert guest on the TV program “Jahanara” on Ofogh TV Network, discussing China and Eurasia Invited expert guest on the TV program “Naghsh-e Jahan” on Ofogh TV Network, discussing China and Eurasia Interviews with various domestic and international news agencies, including Fars, Tasnim, Mizan, Mehr, Ana, Russia Today (Arabic), Qatar’s al-Arabi, and Iraq’s al-Ittijah, discussing Eurasian and Chinese issues Permanent expert on Eurasian and Chinese issues on the program “Beyond the Fog” on Radio Javan, under the Political Deputy of IRIB. |
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