Kamran Bokhari

Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari

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America’s Simultaneous Management of China, Russia and Iran

That the United States is engaged in high-stakes negotiations with China, Russia and Iran – all at the same time – is a rare geopolitical situation. Put simply, U.S. diplomacy is heading toward a crescendo in which timing, sequencing and cross-theater signaling will shape outcomes as much as the substance of any single deal. Each […]

What Kind of Regime Will Emerge From the Iran War?

The biggest question raised by the war in Iran is not how the conflict ends but what kind of regime ultimately emerges in Tehran. Regardless of the war’s outcome,...

Arabian Peninsula Security Beyond the Iran War

The strategic environment that prevailed on the Arabian Peninsula prior to the outbreak of the war in Iran on Feb. 28 has been fundamentally and likely irreversibly altered. A...

Pakistan’s Emerging Role in the Middle East

One of the more overlooked consequences of the Iran war is the emergence of Pakistan as a third-party intermediary between Washington and Tehran. Iran doesn’t have too many allies...

The Iran War and the Rewiring of West Asia

Though far from over, the war in Iran appears to be decelerating, if not yet achieving a decisive resolution. The Islamic Republic has survived, but in a degraded and...

Sketches of the Middle East After the Iran War

The war in Iran is likely to wind down soon – at least in its current phase – making this a moment to step back from battlefield minutiae and...

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