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Alex Vatanka (Persian: آلکس وطنخواه) is a senior fellow and the founding director of the Iran program at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. He specializes in Iranian domestic and regional policies. Born in Tehran and also raised in Denmark, he joined the Middle East Institute in 2007. He was formerly an analyst with Jane’s Information Group in London (UK) before moving to Washington D.C. He is also a senior fellow in Middle East Studies at the US Air Force Special Operations School at Hurlburt Field and teaches as an adjunct professor at Wright-Patterson AFB. Career As a senior fellow at Middle East Institute, Vatanka's research covers Iranian foreign and domestic affairs, including political-military relations and intra-regime power competition. In the realm of Iranian foreign policy, his emphasis is on Iran-US relations and Iran’s relations with the Gulf States, and Israel but also Russia and China. Vatanka’s analysis on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of ...
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Iranian Expatriates In Denmark
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1975 Births
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Alumni Of The University Of Essex
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Alumni Of The University Of Sheffield
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Writers On The Middle East
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Foreign Affairs
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