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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.

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.

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.

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?.

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.