Representative commentary & analysis:
Comments in “Can the U.S. Still Stop An All-Out Middle East War?” by Michael Hirsh, October 2, 2024.
Commentary in “The Hunt for the Next Supreme Leader” by Tortoise Media, September 30, 2024.
“On Iranian Presidential Elections,” Good Authority, July 8, 2024.
Commentary in “The Gas Man” by Tortoise Media, May 24, 2024.
“Iran’s President Has Died. Now What?” Good Authority, May 20, 2024.
Comments in “Iran is Filling Armenia’s Power Vacuum,” by Gabriel Gavin, Foreign Policy, December 1, 2022.
Washington History Seminar (organized jointly by the American Historical Association and the Woodrow Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program) for Republics of Myth, November 10, 2022.
Atlantic Council Book Event for Republics of Myth, June 23, 2022.
Comments in “America’s Iran Follies,” by Michael Hirsh, Foreign Policy, June 9, 2022.
“MIT Starr Forum | Republics of Myth: National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict,” May 11, 2022.
“A Dangerous Puzzle,” Radio Open Source, WBUR Boston, May 5, 2022.
“On Iran,” Press Conference USA, Voice of America, October 1, 2021.
“Everyday Cosmopolitanism,” OpenGlobalRights.org, October 8, 2020.
“On Hidden Liberalism,” Through the Gates Podcast, IU Media School, October 1, 2020.
“On U.S.-Iran Relations,” Noon Edition, WFIU, Bloomington, January 16, 2020.
“The U.S. and Iran: A Brief History of an Often Tense Relationship,” BackStory Podcast, January 10, 2020.
“The Slaying of Qassem Soleimani,” Public Seminar, January 7, 2020.
“Possibility of U.S.-Iran Military Exchange,” On Point, National Public Radio, January 7, 2020.
“U.S.-Iran Escalation,” Background Briefing with Ian Masters, January 6, 2020.
“John Bolton’s War?” Radio Open Source, WBUR, Boston, May 16, 2019.
“Angling for Advantage: Iran’s Differential Approach in Southern Asia,” War on the Rocks, September 15, 2017.
“Back to the Future in Iran?” The National Interest, March 6, 2016.
“How Obama Solved US-Iran Relations’ Trolley Problem,” Ethics & International Affairs, July 16, 2015.
“The Myth of Iranian Hegemony,” Policy Options, November 2014.
“From Estrangement to Engagement,” Nexus, Zocalo Public Square, February 7, 2014.
“New Documentary Evidence on the Iran-Iraq War,” BBC Persian Service, August 20, 2013.
“A Test of Wills in Iran,” Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2013. (On the presidential election in Iran)
“Why Iran Says No,” Los Angeles Times, February 26, 2013. (On Iran’s Supreme Leader)
“Contain Israel, Compel Iran” (with Nina Tannenwald), CNN Opinion, March 15, 2012.
“Supreme Tragedy: The Shrinking Power of Ali Khamenei,” Muftah, July 4, 2011.
“Iran’s Great Green Awakening,” RÆSON (Danish foreign affairs monthly), February 2011.
*I frequently comment on Iran-related issues in the media. My interviews and short commentaries have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Voice of America, Time, NPR, NBC News Online, CNN Online, BBC News, BBC Persian Service, The National Interest, Persia Digest, U.S. News & World Report, Inside Higher Ed, Vox Media, and The Huffington Post.