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.

Sweet-Talking in Tehran

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

The Odd Couple

[caption id="attachment_55230114" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani meets with Ayatollah Ali Khamanei in…