Iranian Politics after Raisi: Domestic and Regional Ramifications, Panel discussion at the Iranian Studies Unit of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, May 28, 2024.

Iran in the Middle East: Building Bridges or Expanding Influence? Panel discussion at the Middle East Council for Global Affairs, April 22, 2024.

State Resilience and Institutions in Iran, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, April 1, 2024.

The Persian Gulf and the New Balance of Power in the Middle East, Sorbonne University, February 26, 2024.

US-Israeli Relations and the War in Gaza, TRT World, January 26, 2024.

Qatari Mediation in the Israeli War on Gaza, CNN International interview, January 26, 2024.

The Axis of Resistance, The Iran Podcast, conversation with Nagar Mortazavi, January 10, 2024.

Israel-Hamas Truce in Gaza, Arirang TV interview, along with Prof. Anoush Ehteshami, November 28, 2023.

Qatari Mediation in the Israeli War on Gaza, CNN International interview, November 27, 2023.

Regional Diplomacy & the Israel-Hamas War, Arirang TV interview, November 13, 2023.

Iran and Israel’s War on Gaza: Options and Scenarios, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, October 30, 2023.

Iran-Saudi Relations and Changing Regional Alignments, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University in Qatar, September 10, 2023

Social Change in an Unchanging State: Life and Protest in Iran, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Middlebury College, April 10, 2023.

The Prospects of the Nuclear Deal with Iran, discussion with Dr. Khalil E. Jahshan, Arab Center Washington DC, May 2022.

The Shifting Geopolitical Landscape in the MENA Region, Panel discussion with Linda El-Naggar, Jonathan Fulton, and Mark Katz, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs - Utrikespolitiska Institutet (UI), March 2022.

Iran’s Relations with the GCC: Institutions and Policies, Association of Asian Scholars, January 2021.

State Resilience in Iran, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, January 2021.

The Coming Decade in the Middle East, Canadian International Council, September 2020.

Launch of The Routledge Handbook of Persian Gulf Politics, with Dr. Dania Thafer, Gulf International Forum, June 2020.

مطالعات سیاسی خاورمیانه, Persian Academic and Cultural Student Association, June 2020, in Persian.

Inside the Arab State, discussion with Dr. Khalil E. Jahshan, Arab Center Washington DC, December 2018.

Troubled Waters: Insecurity in the Persian Gulf, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University in Qatar, September 2018

Tensions in the Middle East: A Tentative Assessment, with Prof. Gerd Nonneman, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University in Qatar, November 2017

The Geopolitical and Security Implications of the Gulf Crisis, Panel discussion with Abdullah Al Shayji, Rami Khouri, and Tarik Yousef, Brookings Doha Center, October 2017.

The 2017 Gulf Crisis, Panel discussion with Professors Abdullah Baabood, Shafiq Ghabra, and Gerd Nonneman, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University in Qatar, September 2017.

The Impossibility of Palestine, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University Qatar, April 2016.

War by Other Means: Iran Under Sanctions, Panel discussion with Professors Manata Hashemi and Mansour Moaddel, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University in Qatar, August 2014.

Qatar: Small State, Big Politics, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, December 2013.

Gulf Diplomacy in a Shifting Middle East, Penel discussion with Abdullah Al Shayji, Gregory Gause, Fahad Nazar, and Fred Wehrey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, October 2013.

Qatar: Small State, Big Politics, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University in Qatar, September 2013.

Iran’s Evolving Regional Strategy, Moderated talk by Sanam Vakil, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, January 2024

Iran, Yemen, and the Changing Regional Order, Moderated talk by Nadwa Al-Dawsari and Thomas Juneau, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, May 2023

Iran-Saudi Relations: A New Beginning? Moderated talk by Ariabarzan Mohammadi and Aziz Alghashian, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, April 2023

Protests in Iran, Moderated talk by Maral Karimi and Amir Mahdavi, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, February 2023

The Politics of Sports in Iran, Moderated talk by Prof. Niki Akhavan, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, November 2022

Historicizing Iranian Women’s Activism in Post-1979 Iran, Moderated talk by Prof. Shirin Saeidi, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, October 2022

Regional Security Concerns and Shifting Global and Regional Alliances, Moderating panel discussion hosted by Arab Center Washington DC, featuring Omar Ashour, Marina Calculli, Banafsheh Keynoush, and Yousef Munayyer, October 2022

Representations of Iranians in the Western Media, Moderated panel discussion with Yahya Kamalipour, Negar Mortazavi, and Assal Rad, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, June 2022

Sectarianism and Iranian Foreign Policy, Moderated panel discussion by Shahram Akbarzadeh, Fanar Haddad, and Edward Wastnidge, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, April 2022

Politics, Paranoia and Pride: Iranian Security Policy under President Raisi, Moderated talk by Dr. Sanam Vakil, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, March 2022

Iran’s Relations with the States of the GCC, Moderated panel discussion by Dina Esfandiary, Ebrahim Fraihat, and Houchang Hassan-Yari, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, February 2022

Rethinking and Reconnecting Iran’s Social Policy and Development Frameworks, Moderated talk by Professor Pooya Alaedini, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, January 2022

Domestic Repercussions of Iran’s Nuclear Program, Moderated discussion by Rouzbeh Parsi, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, December 2021

Codifying Mercy in Iranian Criminal Law, Moderated talk by Professor Arzoo Osanloo, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, November 2021

Prospects for US-Iran Relations under Raisi Presidency, Moderated talk by Professor Vali Nasr & Dr. Khalil E. Jahshan, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, September 2021

US Policy on Iran, Moderated talk by Ilan Goldenberg, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Negar Mortazavi, and Barbara Slavin, Arab Center Washington DC, September 2021

Iran’s Interregional Dynamics: A Piecemeal Influence, Moderated talk by Dr. Banafsheh Keynoush, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, September 2021

Institutions and Politics in Iran, Conference presentation by Shahram Akbarzadeh, Abdolrasoul Divsallar, Hamideh Dorzadeh, and Mahmoud Pargoo, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, August 2021

Institutions and Politics in Iran, Conference presentation by Wilfred Buchta, Amir Mahdavi, and Alireza Raisi, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, August 2021

From Neighbors to Foreigners: Iranians in Bahrain in the Early Twentieth Century, Moderated talk by Dr. Lindsey Stephenson & Dr. Khalil E. Jahshan, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, July 2021

Iran, 42 Years On: Is a Post-Islamist Democracy Possible? Moderated talk by Professor Mojtaba Mahdavi, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, June 2021

Iran 2021 Presidential Elections: What We Can Expect, Moderated talk by Professor Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, May 2021

Iran and Afghanistan: Complex Shared Interests, Moderated talk by Professor Amin Saikal, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, April 2021

Iranian Clerical Authority at Play in the Age of Digital Media, Moderated talk by Professor Babak Rahimi, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, March 2021

China’s Expanding Ties with Iran: Strategic Implications, Moderated talk by Professor Manochehr Dorraj, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, February 2021

Iran and Saudi Arabia: Taming a Chaotic Conflict, Moderated talk by Professor Ibrahim Fraihat, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, January 2021

Iranian Foreign and Security Policies in the Post-Trump Era, Moderated talk by Professor Nasser Hadian, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, December 2020

Iran and the Gulf Cooperation Council, Moderated talk by Dr. Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, October 2020

Foreign Policy of Iran under President Hassan Rouhani's First Term, Moderated talk by Professor Luciano Zaccara, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, August 2020

Coronavirus in Iran and the Question of Legitimacy, Moderated talk by Professor Nader Hashemi, Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, June 2020

The 2016 US Presidential Elections, Moderated discussion by Professors Joshua Mitchell and Clyde Wilcox, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University Qatar, October 2016