About the program
The Atlantic Council’s Iran Strategy Project is designed to synchronize and bring together the Atlantic Council’s policy and analytical efforts on Iran under a single banner, reflecting the unprecedented level of discord and uncertainty in Iran.
The program will take a holistic look at all issues related to the country: political, human rights, security, economic, nuclear, social, and natural resources, providing a forum for experts across the political spectrum, and with varying functional expertise, to discuss and debate the future of Iran, and to provide concrete strategic options for policymakers.
This endeavor is driven by recent events such as the women-led ongoing protests demanding freedom and autonomy, the near-term potential for a new Supreme Leader, Iran’s evolving role in the region (including its military support of Russia’s war in Ukraine), and the likely end of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the prism through which US and European policy toward Iran has been based for much of the past decade.
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Advisory Committee
The Iran Strategy Project’s advisory committee includes a cross-section of professionals from the diplomatic, intelligence, history, human rights, and military fields. The full advisory committee includes:
- Dr. Ladan Boroumand, PhD, Historian & Co-Founder, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran
- Ambassador Paul Foley, former ambassador of Australia to the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Marjan Keypour, Founder and Director, Alliance for Rights of All Minorities (ARAM)
- Stuart Levey, former Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
- Ambassador Rob Macaire, former ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Islamic Republic of Iran
- General Frank McKenzie, former commander, US Central Command
- Dr. Ernest Moniz, PhD, former US Secretary of Energy; Co-Chair and CEO, Nuclear Threat Initiative
- Beth Sanner, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence
- Dr. Mahmood Sariolghalam, PhD, Professor of International Relations, Shahid Beheshti University
- Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security Advisor to the US president; former Deputy US National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism
- Dr. Sanam Vakil, PhD, Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House
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