Mr. Meir Javedanfar
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Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian – Israeli Middle East analyst, author, adviser, speaker and commentator, and the most quoted Israeli expert on Iranian affairs in the international press. Contemporary Iranian Politics lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel, receiving the highest department teaching grade two consecutive years. Co-author of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's biography, “The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran,” and author of over 70 published articles on Iran. Member of the Practitioners' Advisory Board (PAB) of the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (BRIJMES).
Education:
- PhD Candidate, Haifa University, Department of Middle Eastern History, 2015 to date
- MSc, Manufacturing and Management Information System, Bristol Polytechnic (now known as University of The West of England), UK.1997-1998
- MA, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Lancaster University, UK.1995 - 1996
- BSc, Business and Management Studies, Salford University, UK. 1992 - 1995
Publications:
Books:
- Javedanfar, Meir and Melman, Yossi. “The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and The State of Iran”, Carroll & Graf, March 1, 2007. Endorsed by Israeli President Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Ehud Barak and translated into English, Hebrew, Dutch and Polish.
- Javedanfar, Meir. “The Islamic Republic of Iran: The Ministry of Information and Security (VAVAK)” chapter in book series “PSI Handbook of Global Security and Intelligence: National Approaches”, Praeger, April 30, 2008
Articles:
- Over 70 articles published. Samples include:
- Israel Draws a Red Line in Syria Foreign Affairs, 14/12/217
- Future challenges Faced by Iran - The Global Policy Journal, 21/03/2017
- No, America's Iran Policy Isn't Beholden to Israel - The National Interest, 16/12/2015
- The Most Famous Casualty of the Iran Deal Could Be Rouhani The Tablet , 03/08/2015
- The Future of Iran After Khamenei, Al Jazeera America 23/09/2014
- Iran's uncertain intervention in Iraq, Al Monitor 15/06/2014
- Tehran Stock Exchange plunges, baffling investors, Al Monitor 28/01/2014
- Ayatollah Khamenei Is Iran’s Supreme Investor, Bloomberg, 12/06/2013
- Sanctions in Iran have had an impact on its nuclear stance, The Guardian, 22/04/2013
- Iran’s Big Crisis: The Price of Chicken, Bloomberg, 18/08,2012
- Iran and the West’s Taxi Meter, The Diplomat 06/05/2012
- Iran’s Imperfect Trap for Obama, The Diplomat, 30/11/2011
- In Iran, Working Remotely Is a National Controversy, The Atlantic, 29/06/2011
- Subsidy reforms threaten legitimacy of Ahmadinejad, The Guardian, 21/12/2010
- When Two Ayatollahs Kiss, The Diplomat, 21/09/2010
- Iran’s Bizarre Share Prices, The Diplomat, 17/08/2010
- Iran’s Weakness, Its Ports, The Diplomat, 09/07/2010