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Ali Alavi

School of Languages, Cultures, and Linguistics – SOAS, University of London

Dr Seyed Ali Alavi is a senior teaching fellow at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is the author of the book Iran and Palestine, Past, Present, Future published in London in 2019. Dr Alavi’s expertise is on the Middle East and European politics.
Subjects:
China, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Middle East, Russia, Ukraine
Updated: May 1, 2022

Agenda

China, Middle East, Russia, Ukraine
Russia, Lay your Missiles Down: The War’s Impact on MENA
LMC 2022
Middle East
Middle East. Dum Spiro, Spero (Cicero): While I Breathe, I Hope
LMC 2021

Articles

AFP/Scanpix
Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Middle East
The Shifting Patterns of Alliances in the Middle East: Surveying the Fluid Geostrategic Landscape

When Russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, many commentators in the West expected that the US allies in the Middle East would be the key players in tightening the Western sanctions on Russia. But this was not the case.

Ali Alavi
LMC 2023