Sanam Vakil's guest appearances

Sanam Vakil

Richardson Institute

Alain Elkann Interviews

On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

The Burn Bag – National Security and Foreign Policy Redefined

Daniel Levin

Shadi Hamid

Peter Zeihan

Stanley McChrystal

Julia Nesheiwat

Robert Mason

John Brennan

Leon Panetta

Johns Hopkins

Yossi Klein Halevi

George Will

Owen Jones

John Allen

Elissa Slotkin

Garrett Graff

OwlTail

Alain Elkann

REGIONAL SECURITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Dr. Sanam Vakil is the Deputy Director of the Middle East North Africa programme at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London where she leads project work on Iran and Gulf Arab dynamics. Iranian by birth, Dr. Vakil has lived most of her life outside of the Middle East. She obtained a Master's and then a PhD in international relations at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC. She then lived in Germany with her husband before moving to London, and she commutes to Bologna twice a month to teach for Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe.

REGIONAL SECURITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Dr. Sanam Vakil is the Deputy Director of the Middle East North Africa programme at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London where she leads project work on Iran and Gulf Arab dynamics. Iranian by birth, Dr. Vakil has lived most of her life outside of the Middle East. She obtained a Master's and then a PhD in international relations at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC. She then lived in Germany with her husband before moving to London, and she commutes to Bologna twice a month to teach for Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe.

Dr Sanam Vakil - 140 - Alain Elkann Interviews

In this episode, A'ndre and Ryan talk with Dr.  Sanam Vakil about Iran's history,  politics, and regional security. Dr. Vakil, a Chatham House scholar, begins with an overview of Iran pre-Revolution and how the transition to an Islamic Republic has shaped the country since 1979. She also discusses the domestic politics and institutional structure of the country, noting critical centers of power,  the ideological landscape, and potential successors to the Ayatollah. Dr. Vakil then delves into Iran's security services and how the country maintains regime stability at home and abroad. With President Biden's trip to the region, Dr. Vakil also provides her perspective on the nuclear talks with the United States before concluding with a frank analysis of how Iran's laws and policies, as well as international pressure against the regime, impact women in the country. To learn more about Dr. Vakil and her work, please click here. 

In this episode, A'ndre and Ryan talk with Dr.  Sanam Vakil about Iran's history,  politics, and regional security. Dr. Vakil, a Chatham House scholar, begins with an overview of Iran pre-Revolution and how the transition to an Islamic Republic has shaped the country since 1979. She also discusses the domestic politics and institutional structure of the country, noting critical centers of power,  the ideological landscape, and potential successors to the Ayatollah. Dr. Vakil then delves into Iran's security services and how the country maintains regime stability at home and abroad. With President Biden's trip to the region, Dr. Vakil also provides her perspective on the nuclear talks with the United States before concluding with a frank analysis of how Iran's laws and policies, as well as international pressure against the regime, impact women in the country. To learn more about Dr. Vakil and her work, please click <a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/sanam-vakil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

Inside Iran: Politics, Power, and People with Dr. Sanam Vakil

On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Sanam Vakil, Deputy Head and Senior Research Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. Sanam is the author of Action and Reaction: Women and Politics in Iran (Bloomsbury 2013) along with a number of reports and Op Eds, including Getting a New Iran Deal (2019) and Iran and the GCC (2018) On this episode, Simon and Sanam talk about visiting the Islamic Republic and an enduring fear of airports, women and activism in the Islamic Republic, structural factors preventing a thawing of relations across the Gulf, and ways towards a new (form of) JCPOA.

SEPADPod With Sanam Vakil