MA in Philosophy, specializing in political philosophy and strategic studies
Researcher focusing on political philosophy and strategic studies
Secretary of the Silk Road Working Group at the Iran-China Strategic Studies Think Tank
Member of the policy-making council at the Iran-China Strategic Studies Think Tank
Ideologue of the theory of "the government of the road"
Editor-in-chief and expert host of the program "Eastern Strategy" on Iranian Radio, Radio
Dialogue
Areas of research:
Analytic and futuristic perspective on the pivotal concepts and approaches of the Statement
of the Second Step of the Revolution, with a focus on making and constructing society in
the new Islamic civilization
East-West conflict in the contemporary age
Conceptualizing the formation of the containment belt of Iran
An account of the role of Chabahar in neutralizing the idea of containing Iran
The age of corridors and regional initiatives
North-South pathway: the strategic road of the East of the world
Armenia as the heart of a unifying climate
Executive secretary of the series of assemblies on Silk Road: Trade & Power Politics at the
Crossroads at the University of Freiburg, covering various themes such as geopolitics and
geoeconomics of power competition on the Silk Road, re-centering the Silk Road with a
focus on the Iranian peoples between East and West, and the Taq-i Bustan rock reliefs and
the Silk Road as a controversial late Sasanian monument
Executive secretary of the series of assemblies on Iran and the strategy of leaning towards
the East at the Center for the Future Study of the Islamic World
Member of the executive board of the National Conference on Iran and Its Neighbors
Member of the academic board of the Conference on Modern Silk Road and the Middle
East.