Author: Dr. Hamoon Khelghat-Doost

Dr. Hamoon Khelghat-Doost

Dr. Hamoon Khelghat-Doost is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Üsküdar University. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS). His main fields of interest include gender, media, forced migration, political violence, international security, terrorism, and sustainable development with special focus on the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. He is author of the book The Strategic Logic of Women in Jihadi Organizations: From Operation to State Building (Springer, 2021). Dr. Khelghat-Doost is also a Next Generation Leader on Gender, Peace, and Security (GPS) at Women In International Security (WIIS), Washington D.C., United States as well as a member of the Board of Academia at the Academy of Security, Intelligence and Risk Studies in Singapore. He has the experience of conducting field research in several countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Iran

The Saudi-Iranian Accord: Turkey Navigating a New Regional Landscape

Geopolitics

The 2023 Saudi Arabia-Iran deal, facilitated by China, has left Turkey apprehensive about potential shifts...

Iran

To Engage or Not to Engage? Iran and the “New” Taliban

Geopolitics

Given the fundamental ideological differences between the ruling political system of Iran, based on Twelver...

Iran

Iran’s Foreign Policy: Balancing Ideology and Pragmatism

Geopolitics

The direction of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy has been a source of...

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