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Iran: president’s death has set hardliners jostling for position to replace ageing supreme leader (2024)
Digital Artefact
Shahi, A. (2024). Iran: president’s death has set hardliners jostling for position to replace ageing supreme leader. [Blog Style Article]

Mahsa Amini: a year into the protest movement in Iran, this is what’s changed (2023)
Digital Artefact
Shahi, A. (2023). Mahsa Amini: a year into the protest movement in Iran, this is what’s changed. [Blog Style Article]

Iranian protesters remain defiant in the face of violent and brutal regime oppression (2023)
Digital Artefact
Shahi, A. (2023). Iranian protesters remain defiant in the face of violent and brutal regime oppression. [Blog Style Article]

Iran: poisoning of thousands of schoolgirls piles more pressure on Islamic Republic struggling for survival (2023)
Digital Artefact
Shahi, A. (2023). Iran: poisoning of thousands of schoolgirls piles more pressure on Islamic Republic struggling for survival. [Blog Style Article]

IRAN'S 2019-2020 DEMONSTRATIONS: THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL PROTESTS IN IRAN (2020)
Journal Article
Shahi, A., & Abdoh-Tabrizi, E. (2020). IRAN'S 2019-2020 DEMONSTRATIONS: THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL PROTESTS IN IRAN. Asian Affairs, 51(1), 1-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2020.1712889

The widespread protests of November 2019 may be marked as the bloodiest recent chapter of the Islamic Republic of Iran's history in terms of popular dissent. The two major protests in December 2017 and November 2019, followed by the public reaction t... Read More about IRAN'S 2019-2020 DEMONSTRATIONS: THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL PROTESTS IN IRAN.

TALIBANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC STATE AND THE QUEST FOR RETROSPECTIVE LEGITIMACY (2019)
Journal Article
Shahi, A., & Mohamad, A. (2020). TALIBANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC STATE AND THE QUEST FOR RETROSPECTIVE LEGITIMACY. Asian Affairs, 50(4), 520-545. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2019.1672423

This paper develops the notion of ‘Talibanization’ – a concept which stems from the resilience and the determination of the Taliban to remain a dominant player in Afghanistan even after the downfall of their state in 2001. The factors that helped the... Read More about TALIBANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC STATE AND THE QUEST FOR RETROSPECTIVE LEGITIMACY.

The Shi‘i State and the Socioeconomic Challenges of the Sunni Communities in Iran: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (2019)
Book Chapter
Shahi, A., & Abdoh-Tabrizi, E. (2019). The Shi‘i State and the Socioeconomic Challenges of the Sunni Communities in Iran: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. In Sites of Pluralism Community Politics in the Middle East (87-114). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190052713.003.0005

Although Iran is one of the most diverse nations in the Middle East, the state historically has been reluctant to adapt a pluralistic approach to both socio-political and economic development. This chapter focuses on the Sunni population in Iran, whi... Read More about The Shi‘i State and the Socioeconomic Challenges of the Sunni Communities in Iran: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.

DROUGHT: THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN (2019)
Journal Article
Shahi, A. (2019). DROUGHT: THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. Asian Affairs, 50(1), 18-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2019.1567100

Approximately 97% of the country is experiencing drought conditions. Due to gross water mismanagement and its damaging impact on the country, Iran faces the worst situation in water resources of any industrialized nation. Tens of thousands of village... Read More about DROUGHT: THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.

Water Security and the Rise of Sectarian Conflict in Yemen (2018)
Book Chapter
Shahi, A., & Vachkova, M. (2018). Water Security and the Rise of Sectarian Conflict in Yemen. In Water Management Social and Technological Perspectives (3-9). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.1201/b22241-1

ECO-SECTARIANISM: FROM ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS TO SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN SYRIA (2018)
Journal Article
Shahi, A., & Vachkova, M. (2018). ECO-SECTARIANISM: FROM ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS TO SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN SYRIA. Asian Affairs, 49(3), 449-467. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2018.1487697

This study introduces ‘eco-sectarianism’, which is a new concept that explains the relationship between sectarian violence and environmental pressures in divided societies in the Middle East. Against the backdrop of climate change, ‘eco-sectarianism’... Read More about ECO-SECTARIANISM: FROM ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS TO SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN SYRIA.