Dina Esfandiary Senior Advisor, Middle East and North Africa Please submit all media inquiries to [email protected] or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Dina Esfandiary advises Crisis Group’s Middle East and North Africa Program on research, analysis, policy prescription and advocacy. Professional Background Previously, Dina was a Fellow in the Middle East department of The Century Foundation (TCF), and an International Security Program Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Dina also worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ (CSIS) Middle East Program, the War Studies Department at King’s College London, and in the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament programme of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. Dina has published widely, including in Foreign Affairs, the Atlantic, The Guardian, the Washington Post, International Affairs, the National Interest, Arms Control Today, and The Washington Quarterly. She holds a Ph.D in the War Studies department at King’s College London and Masters Degrees from King’s College London and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. Areas of Expertise Persian Gulf security and foreign relations Relations between states and non-proliferation in the Middle East Select Publications Triple-Axis: Iran’s Relations with Russia and China, I.B Taurus (2018) Living on the Edge: Iran and the Practice of Nuclear Hedging, Palgrave Macmillan (2016) In The News 22 Feb 2023 The UAE has, since 2021, embarked on a policy of diminishing tensions with other countries in the region, and normalizing with Assad is part of that. Al Monitor Dina Esfandiary Senior Advisor, Middle East and North Africa 4 Oct 2022 The train has already left the station. No matter what this government [in Iran] gives, it probably won’t be enough to assuage protesters’ grievances at this point. LA Times Dina Esfandiary Senior Advisor, Middle East and North Africa 15 Sep 2022 Russia and Iran are showing that they are not afraid to work together when it's in their interest. The National Dina Esfandiary Senior Advisor, Middle East and North Africa Latest Updates Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 14 June 2024 The UAE, Israel and a Test of Influence Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 19 April 2023 The Impact of the Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement on Middle East Conflicts Also available in Arabic Q&A / Middle East & North Africa 17 March 2023 How Beijing Helped Riyadh and Tehran Reach a Detente Also available in Arabic Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 17 February 2023 Axis of Convenience: Why Iran’s Partnership With Russia Endures Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 25 November 2022 Football and Politics in the Gulf Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 14 April 2022 The Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in the Middle East and North Africa Also available in Arabic Load more