Alex Vatanka

Alex Vatanka is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC. His most recent book is The Battle of the Ayatollahs in Iran: The United States, Foreign Policy, and Political Rivalry Since 1979.

Another Headache for Tehran

[caption id="attachment_55250549" align="alignnone" width="620"] A member of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) stands near a poster of…

Juggling East and West

[caption id="attachment_55250056" align="alignnone" width="618"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a press conference at the Conference on…

Iran’s Looming Tug-of-War

[caption id="attachment_55249770" align="alignnone" width="620"] A combination of file pictures shows Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L…

Security Begins At Home

[caption id="attachment_55249290" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian soldiers participate in military manoeuvres at Sistan-Baluchestan province,…

Sweet-Talking in Tehran

[caption id="attachment_55248847" align="alignnone" width="620"] Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah (L) and Iranian Foreign…

Dreaming Big at Davos

[caption id="attachment_55248305" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iran's president Hassan Rouhani addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos on…

The Great Game Continues

[caption id="attachment_55237835" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Two Afghan National Police keep watch on the outskirts of Herat, near the border…

Ahmadinejad’s Twin Challenges

[caption id="attachment_55239799" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiles as he meets his Pakistani counterpart…

Problems in the Pipeline

[caption id="attachment_55241018" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranians work on a section of the Iran–Pakistan pipeline after the project was…