Shahram Akbarzadeh
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Biography
Publications
Shahram Akbarzadeh is Professor of Middle East and Central Asian Politics at the Alfred Deakin Institute (Deakin University) and co-author of the Middle East Politics and International Relations (2018).
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Iran’s declining regional influence
Tehran capitalised on US mistakes in the Middle East, but its proxy wars and consistently aggressive façade have a cost.
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Trouble ahead
Frustrated expectations in the Middle East and a lack of economic opportunities are destabilising.