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Sanam Vakil
James Anderson Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies
About
Sanam Vakil is the James Anderson Adjunct Professor, and Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies at The Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe; Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University associated with the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order; and Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow in the Middle East North Africa Programme at Chatham House. At Chatham House Professor Vakil leads the Iran Forum project focusing on future trends in Iran's domestic and foreign policy and follows wider Middle Eastern issues. Before these appointments, from 2003-2005, Sanam was an assistant professor of Middle East Studies at SAIS Washington. She served as a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations also providing research analysis to the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa department. Sanam provides research, commentary and political risk analysis for companies and organizations working in the Middle East. She has been consulted by high ranking government officials in the United States and Europe. Vakil holds a PhD in international relations from SAIS. Professor Vakil is the author of numerous monographs, book reviews, working papers and articles in U.S. and international journals on Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.
- Iran's Next Supreme Leader: The Islamic Republic After Khamenei, with H. Rassam, in Foreign Affairs (May/June, 2017)
- Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Action and Reaction, Continuum Press (2011)
- Tehran Gambles to Survive, in Current History 106:704 (2007)
- Iran: Balancing East Against West, in Washington Quarterly 29:4 (2006)
In the News
Iran-U.S.: Faltering nuclear talks enter dangerous phase.
Sanam Vakil quoted in Financial Times, 12/28
GCC summit aims to consolidate ties between Qatar and Gulf states, experts say.
Sanam Vakil quoted in The National, 12/11
How Tehran views Washington.
Sanam Vakil wrote for The Washington Institute on Near East Policy, 12/01
Qatar’s multibillion-dollar World Cup signifies shifts in wealth and power.
Sanam Vakil quoted in The Guardian, 11/21
Biden and Tehran are running out of time to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.
Sanam Vakil wrote in Business Insider, 11/07
Biden and Tehran are running out of time to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.
Sanam Vakil wrote in Business Insider, 11/07
Mike Pence's Iran comments set the tone for hawkish GOP 2024 contest.
Sanam Vakil quoted in Newsweek, 11/01
Mike Pence's Iran comments set the tone for hawkish GOP 2024 contest.
Sanam Vakil quoted in Newsweek, 11/01
Saudi Arabia set to ramp up UK trade following Newcastle FC deal.
Sanam Vakil quoted in Arabian Business, 10/24