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Email: mehran [at] bourseandbazaar.org
Dr. Mehran Haghirian is the Director of Regional Initiatives at the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation. His work centers on conflict resolution and diplomacy, with a particular focus on the Persian Gulf region. Haghirian holds a PhD in Gulf Studies from Qatar University and a master’s degree in International Affairs from American University’s School of International Service in Washington, DC. He has previously served as a researcher and assistant director at the Ibn Khaldon Center for Humanities and Social Sciences and a program assistant at the Atlantic Council's Future of Iran Initiative. Currently, Haghirian leads the Integrated Futures Initiative, a project focused on strengthening regional diplomacy and fostering economic cooperation in the Gulf, and the Rihla Initiative for Green Economic Growth, a project aimed at enhancing cooperation on climate transition and socioeconomic development between policy, commercial, and technical leaders from the Gulf and the Global South.
Selected Publications:
Books and Reports
Mehran Haghirian and Maria Luisa Fantappie. ‘Avenues for Regional Energy Cooperation in the Gulf.’ Istituto Affari Internazionali and Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, May 2024. https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/avenues-regional-energy-cooperation-gulf
Mehran Haghirian and Aisha Al-Sarihi. ‘Pathways for Regional Environmental Cooperation in the Gulf.’ Bourse & Bazaar Foundation and the Middle East Institute-NUS, November 2023. https://www.bourseandbazaar.com/publications-integrated-futures-initiative/2023/11/27/pathways-for-regional-environmental-cooperation-in-the-gulf
Mehran Haghirian and Luciano Zaccara. ‘China’s Economic and Political Presence in the Middle East and South Asia.’ Routledge. September 2022. https://www.routledge.com/Chinas-Economic-and-Political-Presence-in-the-Middle-East-and-South-Asia/Haghirian-Zaccara/p/book/9781032216041
Mehran Haghirian. ‘New Horizons for Regional Economic Diplomacy in the Persian Gulf.’ Bourse & Bazaar Foundation (Special Report), March 9, 2022. https://www.bourseandbazaar.com/research-1/2022/03/09/new-horizons-for-regional-economic-diplomacy-in-the-persian-gulf
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Haghirian, Mehran. ‘Constructive Diplomatic Shifts in the Geopolitical Landscape of the Gulf’, in Mediterranean Transitions from the Gulf to the Sahel: The Role of Italy and the EU (Daga and Raimondi). Edizioni Nuova Cultura (2024) https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/mediterranean-transitions-gulf-sahel
Haghirian, Mehran. ‘Iran’s Pragmatic Foreign Policy in Response to Regional Crises: The Case of the Blockade Against Qatar’, in The 2017 Gulf Crisis: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Zweiri et al.). Springer (2020). https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-8735-1_16
Al-Saidi, Mohammad, and Mehran Haghirian. ‘A Quest for the Arabian Atom? Geopolitics, Security, and National Identity in the Nuclear Energy Programs in the Middle East’. Energy Research & Social Science 69 (2020): 101582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101582.
Analytical Articles
Mehran Haghirian. ‘Walking a Tightrope: How Gulf States are Navigating the Iran-Israel Conflict.’ Stimson Center, October 11, 2024. Stimson Center. https://www.stimson.org/2024/walking-a-tightrope-how-gulf-states-are-navigating-the-iran-israel-conflict/
Mehran Haghirian. ‘Turbulent Skies: How Israel-Iran Tension is Disrupting Global Aviation.’ Al-Monitor, September 2, 2024. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/08/turbulent-skies-how-israel-iran-tension-disrupting-global-aviation
Mehran Haghirian and Aisha Al Sarihi. ‘Necessity Will Drive Gulf States to Cooperate on Climate Change.’ Afkar - Middle East Council on Global Affairs, January 18, 2024. https://mecouncil.org/blog_posts/necessity-will-drive-gulf-states-to-cooperate-on-climate-change/
Mehran Haghirian. ‘US Lags as the Middle East Embraces a New Geopolitical Era.’ Responsible Statecraft, June 14, 2023. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/06/14/us-lags-as-the-middle-east-embraces-a-new-geopolitical-era/
Mehran Haghirian. ‘L'Europe Peut Encore Jouer un Rôle Dans la Diplomatie du Golfe.’ Le Monde, May 5, 2023. https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2023/05/04/si-la-chine-occupe-desormais-une-place-centrale-dans-les-calculs-strategiques-du-golfe-les-europeens-eux-en-sont-presque-totalement-absents_6172119_3232.html
Mehran Haghirian and Jacopo Scita. ‘The Broader Context Behind China’s Mediation Between Iran and Saudi Arabia.’ The Diplomat, March 13, 2022. https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/the-broader-context-behind-chinas-mediation-between-iran-and-saudi-arabia/
Mehran Haghirian, ‘Can 2021 be the Year Iran and the GCC States Engage in Dialogue?’ Gulf Insights,December 9, 2020. http://www.qu.edu.qa/static_file/qu/research/Gulf Studies/documents/Gulf Insights 39.pdf
Mehran Haghirian and Luciano Zaccara. ‘Making Sense of HOPE: Can Iran’s Hormuz Peace Endeavor Succeed?’ Atlantic Council, October 3, 2019. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/making-sense-of-hope-can-irans-hormuz-peace-endeavor-succeed/
