Outputs (15)

The Military and the State in Iran: The Economic Rise of the Revolutionary Guards (2017)
Journal Article
Forozan, H., & Shahi, A. (2017). The Military and the State in Iran: The Economic Rise of the Revolutionary Guards. MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL, 71(1), 67-86. https://doi.org/10.3751/71.1.14

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a multilayered political, ideological, and security institution that has steadily acquired an increasing role in Iran's economy in recent years. This article analyzes the growing economic and business i... Read More about The Military and the State in Iran: The Economic Rise of the Revolutionary Guards.

Andalusiasation: Is Iran on the Trajectory of De-Islamisation? (2015)
Journal Article
Shahi, A., & Saleh, A. (2015). Andalusiasation: Is Iran on the Trajectory of De-Islamisation?. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 42(4), 500-519. https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2015.1020534

Andalusiasation is a critical concept in the Islamic Republic's security discourse that implies the gradual de-Islamisation of cultural structures, which will eventually constitute an existential threat to the political domination of the Islamists. T... Read More about Andalusiasation: Is Iran on the Trajectory of De-Islamisation?.

The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia (2013)
Book
Shahi, A. The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315884547

Exploring the management of ‘truth’ in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this book aims to investigate the ways in which the official ‘truth’ is constructed and institutionalised in the country.

The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia argues t... Read More about The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia.

Erotic Republic (2013)
Digital Artefact
Shahi, A. (2013). Erotic Republic. [Web article]

Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics: Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics (2012)
Journal Article
Shahi, A. (2012). Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics: Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics. Digest of Middle East Studies, 21(1), 108-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1949-3606.2012.00129.x

Shi‘ite Messianism has been accommodated constitutionally and has been portrayed as an indispensable aspect of political culture under the Islamic Republic. If the state is using the concept as a form of legitimacy, the concept is standardized in acc... Read More about Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics: Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics.