Ali Ansari

Ali
Ali M Ansari is Professor of Iranian History and Founding Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews; Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute. In 2016 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2018 he was elected Hon Vice President of the British Institute for Persian Studies, and re-elected President of BIPS in 2023. In 2020 he was awarded a two-year Knowledge Exchange Fellowship at the FCDO. His publications include Modern Iran since 1797, Iran, Islam & Democracy - The Politics of Managing Change; These Islands: A Letter to Britain, Iran: A Very Short Introduction, The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran; Iran Under Ahmadinejad, Confronting Iran: the failure of US policy and the roots of mistrust. His latest book is a short history of Iran for Polity Press, published in 2024.
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