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Ashraf Ashrafpour

 

Ashraf Ashrafpour

Ashraf Ashrafpour is a visiting research fellow at the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Defense and Strategic Studies from Poona University in India. Dr. Ashrafpour's research interests include the Persian Gulf Studies and the Middle East issues.

 She has published several articles in Persian and English. Her latest publications include, "Geopolitical Importance of the Persian Gulf", Poona University Publications (2011); "Strait of Hormuz, A Vital Gorge", Poona University (2011).

Email: ashrafpour@merc.ir

 

 

Toward a New Political-Security Architecture in the Persian Gulf Toward a New Political-Security Architecture in the Persian Gulf
The geopolitics of the contemporary Persian Gulf was dominated by a triangular conflict between the three most powerful states of the region: Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. In the Cold War era, Persian Gulf region was one of the most important centres of two superpowers’ rivalry. Some analysts in the late 1970s believed that Persian Gulf region was the only vital region of the U.S. and Soviet Union ...
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