Staff Profiles

Prof A Ehteshami, BA (Hons) in Social Sciences, PhD in Politics

Professor and Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab world in the School of Government and International Affairs

Special Advisor to the Islamic Crimnal Justice Project in the Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

Member of the Centre for Iranian Studies

Durham University Dean of Internationalisation in the International Office

Contact (email at a.ehteshami@durham.ac.uk)

Research Groups

Research Interests

International relations of the Middle East
Persian Gulf
Security and strategic studies of the Middle East

Publications

Books: authored

Ehteshami, Anoush 2007. Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East: Old Games, New Rules. London: Routledge. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Ehteshami, Anoush & Zweiri, Mahjoob 2007. Iran and the Rise of its Neoconservatives:The Politics of Tehran's Silent Revolution. London; New York: I.B. Tauris. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Ehteshami A & Lynne Rienner 2002. The Foreign Policies of Middle East States.
Ehteshami A 2001. Iran’s Security Policy in the Post-Revolutionary Era. Rand Corporation.
Ehteshami A 1999. Political Economy of European Union- Middle East Relations.
Ehteshami A & Hinnebusch, R 1997. Syria and Iran: Middle Powers in a Penetrated Regional System.

Books: edited

Ehteshami, Anoushiravan. & Zweiri, Mahjoob. 2008. Iran's Foreign Policy: From Khatemi to Ahmadinejad. Garnet Publishing, Limited.
Ehteshami, Anoushiravan. & Wright, Steven. 2008. Reform in the Middle East Oil Monarchies. Ithaca Press.
Ehteshami, A, Alexander T.J. Lennon & ed. 2002. Tehran's Tocsin in Contemporary Nuclear Debates: Missile Defense, Arms Control, and Arms Races in the Twenty-First Century. MIT Press.
Ehteshami A, Mark Webber, Michael Smith & eds 2002. The Middle East� � Iran and Israel, in Foreign Policy in a Transformed World. Prentice-Hall.

Books: sections

Ehteshami, Anoush 2006. '2005: The Year of Crisis in Iran'. In Gulf Yearbook 2005-2006. Sagar, Abdulaziz, Koch, Christian & Ibrahim, Hasanain Tawfiq Dubai: Gulf Research Center. 349-355. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Ehteshami, Anoush 2005. 'GCC-Iran Relations'. In Gulf Yearbook 2004. Dubai: Gulf Research Center. 181-186. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Ehteshami A 2002. 'The Foreign Policy of Iran'. In The Foreign Policies of Middle East States. Hinnebusch, Raymond A. & Ehteshami A Boulder, Co.: Lynne Rienner. 283-309. (Additional information) (View publication online)

Departmental working papers

Ehteshami, Anoush 2007. '9/11 As a Cause of Paradigm Shift?'. (07/02). (Additional information)

Edited works: contributions

Ehteshami, Anoush 2009. 'Iran's Regional Policies since the End of the Cold War'. In Contemporary Iran. Gheissari, Ali New York: Oxford University Press. 324-348. (Additional information)
Ehteshami, Anoush 2006. 'The Future of Iran's Defense and Nuclear Policy'. In Iranian Challenges. Posch, Walter EU Institute for Security Studies. 73-85.
Ehteshami, Anoush 2006. 'The Middle east and Security Strategy'. In Security Strategy and Transatlantic Relations. Dannreuther, Roland & Peterson, John London: Routledge. 78-96.
Ehteshami, Anoush 2006. 'The Middle East: Between Ideology and Geopolitics'. In The Bush Doctrine and the War on Terrorism: Global Responses, Global Consequences. Buckley, Mary & Singh, Robert Routledge. 104-120. (Additional information)
Ehteshami, Anoush 2005. 'Iran, the GCC and Europe: Alternative Strategies'. In A Window of Opportunity: Europe, Gulf Security and the Aftermath of the Iraq War. Koch, Christian & Neugart, Felix Dubai: Gulf Research Centre. 39-52.
Ehteshami, A. 2005. 'Islam as a Political Force in International Relations'. In Islam in World Politics. Lahoud, Nelly & Johns, Anthony London: Routledge. 29-53. (Additional information) (View publication online)

Journal papers: academic

Ehteshami, A. & Zweiri, Mahjoob. 2009. 'The Rise of Neoconservatives in Iran'. Geopolitical Affairs 1(1): 157-172.
Ehteshami, Anoush 2008. 'Competing Powerbrokers of the Middle East:Iran and Saudi Arabia'. Emirates Occasional Papers Series
Ehteshami, A. 2008. 'Reform Agenda in the Arab World'. Contemporary Arab Affairs 1(1): 85-90.
Ehteshami, Anoush. 2007. 'Il Jihad Globale e la Guerra Diffusa'. Gnosis: Rivista Italiana di Intelligence 13(1): 87-96.
Ehteshami, Anoush. & Wright, STeve. 2007. 'Political Change in the Arab Oil Monarchies: From Liberalisation to Enfrachisement'. International Affairs 83(5): 913-932.
Ehteshami, Anoush 2005. 'The Democratisation Process in the Gulf Co-operation Council Countries'. Journal of Social Affairs 22(86): 56-69. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Ehteshami, A. 2004. 'Iran's International Posture After the Fall of Baghdad'. Middle East Journal 58(2): 179-194. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Ehteshami, A 2004. 'Islam, Muslim Polities and Democracy'. Democratization 11(4): 90-110. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Ehteshami, A 2003. 'Iran-Iraq Relations After Saddam'. The Washington Quarterly 26(4): 115-129. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Ehteshami, A 2003. 'Oil, Arms Procurement and Security in the Persian Gulf'. Asian Affairs 34(3): 260-270. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Ehteshami, A 2003. 'Reform From Above: The Politics of Participation in the Oil Monarchies'. International Affairs 79(1): 53-75. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Ehteshami A 1999. Is the Middle East Democratizing? British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 26(2): 199-218. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Ehteshami A 1996. Defence and Security Policies of Syria in a Changing Regional Environment. International Relations 13(1): 49-67. (Additional information) (View publication online)

Media Contacts

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Religion: Islamic fundamentalism
International: Defence & disputes: Middle Eastern politics
International: Defence & disputes: security & strategic affairs
International: Defence & disputes: international defence-related issues (nuclear proliferation, etc.)
International: Defence & disputes: Islamic fundamentalism
International: Defence & disputes: Arab-Israeli relations
International: Politics, institutions & law: Middle East
International: Politics, institutions & law: Central Asia
International: Politics, institutions & law: defence
Middle East: Iran, Iraq & other Gulf states
Middle East: Islamic fundamentalism
Middle East: Politics of the Red Sea

Supervises

Mr Mohammed Shareef