Regional Integration

Original sketch by Hirad Abtahi

Books and Book Chapters

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1. Needed: revolutionary diplomacy to move the geopolitical yardsticks 

Opinion piece co-authored with Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, The Globe and Mail, 9 September 2010

2. The Case for a Union: from the Fertile Crescent to the Silk Road     

Opinion piece co-authored with Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, Carnegie Council of Ethics in International Affairs, July 2010

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(Modified piece) 

3. Not a “New Middle East”, but a United Western Asia  

Opinion piece co-authored with  Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, The Huffington Post, March 2010 

4.  The Case for a Union

Opinion piece co-authored with  Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, Foreign Policy in Focus, March 2010