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Kayhan Barzegar

Tehran, Iran

Kayhan Barzegar is a Research Fellow at the Belfer Center, Harvard university's Kennedy School of Government. He teaches international relations and Iran's foreign policy in Tehran. In 2002-2003, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE). His Latest publications entitled: Iran's Foreign Policy towards the New Iraq (CSR Publications: 2007), Iran’s Foreign Policy toward Iraq and Syria, (Turkish Policy Quarterly: 2007), and New Terrorism and Human Security in the Middle East: Diverging Perceptions (Book chapter, Wageningen Academic Publishers: 2007). His research fields are Iran’s foreign policy, Iran-U.S. relations, and Middle East politics. Close.

Kayhan Barzegar

Tehran, Iran

Kayhan Barzegar is a Research Fellow at the Belfer Center, Harvard university's Kennedy School of Government. He teaches international relations and Iran's foreign policy in Tehran. more »

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December 28, 2007 12:21 PM

Blame the Unfinished Afghan War

The Question: After Benazir Bhutto's assassination on Thursday, what's next for Pakistan?

The assassination of Bhutto is the consequence of an unfinished job started in 2001 by the international community in Afghanistan; it is also a blow to the war against global terrorism and to democratization in the region.

It is not hard to understand who is behind this terrorist act. Those that benefit most from chaos and the spread of instability in Pakistan and in the region are the al-Qaeda organization and the Taliban, or the intelligence elements who created both. It does not matter who conducted this criminal act since the wound is the same: it has endangered regional stability and peace.

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