Zakiyeh Yazdanshenas - Institute for Security and Development Policy

Zakiyeh Yazdanshenas is Director of China-Middle East Project at the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies (Tehran). Her research focus is Iran’s foreign policy. Follow her on Twitter @YzdZakiyeh

Blog Posts

April 6 2023 by Zakiyeh Yazdanshenas

April 6 2023 by Zakiyeh Yazdanshenas
Iran’s Worldview post-Ukraine: Forging a non-Western Order

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a watershed event in contemporary international politics to the extent that it has divided all international developments into prior and post the Ukrainian war. From the onset of the war itself, many analysts have been debating that the war would sooner or later bring about changes in […]
February 13 2023 by Zakiyeh Yazdanshenas

February 13 2023 by Zakiyeh Yazdanshenas
2023: The Year Iran Would Lean on Russia Even More

The most important lesson of 2022 for all those who are interested in international politics was that nothing is impossible and no prediction even by the most famous of analysts can be taken for granted. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky’s resistance, and the Russian pushback were only part of the unpredictability of last year. The […]
September 30 2022 by Zakiyeh Yazdanshenas

September 30 2022 by Zakiyeh Yazdanshenas
When Iran Tries to be the Winner of the Russia-Ukraine War

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has affected international politics in all regions. This war has turned into the symbol of a new international era in which great power competition has revived and local wars have become more and more the arena of conflict and competition between the great powers. Although Russia was able […]