PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Forthcoming.  Editor. Mirror for the Muslim Prince: Islam and Theory of Statecraft. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.

Forthcoming.  Dialogue with Champions of Modernity and Guardians of Tradition: A Collection of Essays.

1996.  Iranian Intellectuals and the West: The Tormented Triumph of Nativism. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. [Sample Review] [Buy]

·         Arabic translation: al-Mustanīrū al-Iraniun wa al-Gharb, translated by Heydar Najaf. Beirut: Dar al-Hadi, 2007.

·         Turkish translation: İran Entellektüelleri ve Batı, translated by Fethi Gedikli. Istanbul: Yöneliş, 2002.

·         Persian translation: Rowshanfekran-e Irani va Gharb, translated by Jamshid Shirazi. Tehran: Farzan-e-Rooz Press, 1^st edition 1998; 5^th edition 2009.

ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS

• Forthcoming.  “Islam and the Promenades of Global Media” (with Nicole J. Allem). In Timothy Shah, Alfred Stepan, and Monica Toft (co-editors), Religion & International Affairs. New York: Social Science Research Council.

• 2008.  “Experience of an Immigrant,” Shahrvand Emrouz, 3: 50 (26 Khordad 1387/15 June), p. 33 (in Persian).

• 2008.  “Iranian Intellectuals and the Coming to Power of Reza Shah,” Kargozaaran, (22-23 Aban 1387/12-13 November), p. 9 (in Persian).

• 2007.  “Iranian Nuclear Miasma” (with Todd Fine), Syracuse Law Review, 57: 3, pp. 619-635.

• 2007.  “Bet on the Optimists: Prospects for Reform,” Foreign Service Journal (June), pp. 26-31.

• 2006.  “‘The West’ in the Eyes of the Iranian Intellectuals of the Interwar Years (1919-1939),” Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 26: 3, pp. 391-401. 

• 2004.  “The Reformist Movement in Iran.” In Daniel Heradstveit and Helge Hveem, eds. Oil in the Gulf: Obstacles to Democracy and Development, pp. 63-71. London: Ashgate.

• German translation: “Die Reformbewegung in Iran,” Sowi: Das Journal fur Geschichte, Politik, Wirtschaft und Kulture (February 2005), pp. 37-44.

• 2003.  “Triumphs and Travails of Authoritarian Modernization in Iran.” In Stephanie Cronin, ed. The Making of Modern Iran: State and Society Under Riza Shah, 1921-1941, pp. 146-154. London: Routledge.

• Persian translation: Iran Nameh [a leading Persian language journal of Iranian Studies], 20: 4 (Fall 2002), pp. 475-488;

• 2003.  “The Ambivalent Modernity of Iranian Intellectuals.” In Negin Nabavi, ed. Intellectual Trends in Twentieth-Century Iran: A Critical Survey, pp. 11-23. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.

• Persian translation: “Rowshanfekran Iran va Moderniteh: Roykardi Doganeh,” Iran Nameh, 20: 2-3 (Spring & Summer 2002), pp. 285-299.

• 2002.  “Subduing Globalization: The Challenge of the Indigenization Movement.” In Richard Grant and John R. Short, eds. Globalization and the Margins, pp. 39-49. New York: Palgrave.

• Reprinted in Birgit Schäebler and Leif Stenberg, eds. Globalization and the Muslim World: Culture, Religion and Modernity, pp. 30-38. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.  [PDF]

• 2001-2002. “Viewing Violence and Terrorism in a Larger Context,” Syracuse University Magazine, 18: 4 (Winter), pp. 42-44.

• An abbreviated version of this essay was published in Maxwell Perspective, 12: 1 (Fall 2001), pp. 10-11.

• 2001.  “The Paradoxes of Politics in Post-revolutionary Iran.” In John L. Esposito and R. K. Ramazani, eds. Iran at the Crossroads, pp. 13-27. New York: Palgrave.

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• 2001.  “What Have We Learned About Iranian Politics?” Aftab, 5 [a monthly magazine of political, economic & social issues published in Tehran] (June), pp. 4-5 (Persian PDF).

• 2001.  “Dialogue with Diasporic Iranians,” Bukhara, 16 [a leading Review of Arts, Culture, and Humanities published in Tehran] (January-February), pp. 297-306 (in Persian).

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• 2000.  “Continuities and Discontinuities in Modern Iranian Intellectual Thought.” In Haleh Esfandiari, Andrea Bertone and Farideh Farhi, eds. Intellectual Change and the New Generation of Iranian Intellectuals, pp. 13-18.  Washington, D.C.: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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• Turkish translation: “Modern Iran Entelektüel Düsüncesinde Süreklilikler ve Kopuslar,” Dogudan (January-February 2008).

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• 1998.  “Contesting Nationalist Constructions of Iranian Identity,” Critique: Journal for Critical            Studies of the Middle East, 12 (Spring): 43-55.

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• Persian translation: Kiyan [a leading Iranian journal on philosophy, religion and literature], 47 (June-July 1999), pp. 44-52.

• 1998.  “Challenges to the Gulf Cooperation Council States and Their Northern Neighbors: An Integrated View of Empirical Indicators,” (co-authored with Haleh Vaziri), The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, 10: 1-2 (Spring/Summer), pp. 36-71.

• 1997.  “Khatami’s Election: Implications for Iranian Politics.” In John Calabrese, ed. Iran’s Elections: Implications for U.S. Policy, pp. 5-7. Washington, D.C.: Middle East Institute.

• Reprinted in The Middle East Economic Survey, 40: 31 (August 4, 1997), pp. D3-D5.

• 1997.  “Iranian Islam and the Faustian Bargain of Western Modernity,” Journal of Peace Research, 34: 1 (February), pp. 1-5.

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• Persian translation: Neshat [a popular daily newspaper published in Tehran] (July 8, 1999), p. 9.

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• 1997.  “Orientalism in Reverse,” Kiyan, 35 (March), pp. 22-31 (in Persian).

• 1996.  “Iran’s Intellectual Panorama,” Bulletin of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, 11: 3 (Spring), pp. 22-24.

• 1995.  “Iranian Cultural Identity: A Dissident View,” Kankash [a Persian language journal specializing in theoretical study of Iranian history, politics and culture], 12 (Fall), pp. 9-33 (in Persian).

• 1995.  “Hizbullah in Iran.” In John Esposito, ed. Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, vol. 2, pp. 129-130. New York: Oxford University Press.

• 1994.  “Can an Islam be Secularized?” In M.R. Ghanoonparvar and Faridoun Farrokh, eds. In Transition: Essays on Culture and Identity in the Middle Eastern Society, pp. 55-64.  Laredo, TX: Texas A&M International University. 

• [Persian] translation: Kiyan, no. 49 (September-December 1999), pp. 40-44.

• 1994.  “The Encounter of Post-revolutionary Thought in Iran with Hegel, Heidegger and Popper.” In Serif Mardin, ed. Cultural Transitions in the Middle East, pp. 236-259. Leiden: E.J. Brill.

• 1993.  “Rethinking The Third World,” (co-authored with Ali Mirsepassi), International Third World Studies Journal and Review, 5: 1, pp. 51-58.

• 1992.  “Gharbzadegi: The Dominant Intellectual Discourse of Pre and Post-revolutionary Iran.” In Samih K. Farsoun and Mehrdad Mashayekhi (eds.), Iran: Political Culture in the Islamic Republic, pp. 30-56. London: Routledge.

• Persian translation: In Farhang-e Siyasi Dar Jomhuriyeh Eslami-e Iran (Tehran: Entehsarat-e Baz, 1379 [2000]), pp. 51-80.

• 1992.  “Prospects for Civil Society and Secularism in Iran,” Kankash, 8 (Spring), pp. 13-44 (in Persian).

• 1990.  “Westoxication and Orientalism in Reverse,” Iran Nameh, 8: 3 (Summer), pp. 375-390 (in Persian).

• 1989.  “The Distinctive Features of the Iranian Revolution,” Kankash, 5 (Fall), pp. 19-49 (in Persian).

• 1988.  “Iranian Intellectuals and the Enigma of Westernization,” Kankash, 2&3 (Spring), pp. 11-47 (in Persian).

CONSULTANCY REPORTS

• 2008.  “Joint Experts’ Statement on Iran”.

• 2005.  “Iran Briefing Paper.” In Advanced Placement Program Professional Development for Government and Politics – Comparative: 2004-2005 Workshop Materials, pp. 1-59. New York: College Board.

• 2005.  “Why and What Do We Compare? The Story of Revolution and Democratization.” In College Board Advanced Placement Government and Politics: Comparative: 2005-2006 Professional Development Workshop Materials, pp. 30-44. New York: The College Board.

 ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS (ON THE WEB)

• 2009. “The Potato Revolution,” Foreign Policy (May).  Persian translation PDF.

• 2009. “Presidential Elections in Iran.” Invited Lecture, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Doha, Qatar (June 14).

  2008.  “Implications of Iran’s Parliamentary Elections.” Invited Lecture, joint working group of the Brookings Institution and United States Institute of Peace, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C (March 18).

• 2008.  “Iran’s March 14, 2008 Majlis Elections,” Viewpoint Moderator, Middle East Institute (March 13).

• 2007.  “The Paradoxes of Pakistan.” In The Immanent Frame: Secularism, Religion and the Public Sphere, http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/ (Dec. 30).

 NEWSPAPER AND NEWSLETTER ARTICLES

2008.  “Ignore Iran's Exile Dream Merchants,” The Daily Star [Beirut, Lebanon] (June 24) (co-authored with Geneive Abdo).

2008.  “APSA at MESA 2007: Building Linkages Between Civil Society and Constitutionalism,” Newsletter of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies, 4: 20.

2008.  “Another Moment of Truth in Pakistan,” The [Syracuse] Post-Standard (Jan. 6), pp. E1, 4.

2006.  “Will Iran Agree to Talk to U.S.?” The [Syracuse] Post-Standard (December 10), p. E1.

2004.  Letter to the Editor: “Story on Iranian Bomb Fanned Flames of Discord,” Syracuse Post-Standard (April 29), p. A17.

1998.  “U.S. Should Drop Gunboat Diplomacy in Middle East.” The [Syracuse] Post-Standard (April 2), p. A15.

BOOK REVIEWS

2002.  Review of Daniel Brumberg, Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran. In American Political Science Review 96: 4 (December): 843-844.

2002.  Review of Fariba Adelkhah, Being Modern in Iran. In Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis 18: 1 (April): 90-95.

2001.  Review of Masoud Kamali, Revolutionary Iran: Civil Society and State in the Modernization Process. In Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 35: 1 (Summer): 117-118.

2001.  Review of Abdolkarim Soroush, Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam. In Middle East Journal 55: 3 (Summer): 519-520.

2000.  Review of Ali Gheissari, Iranian Intellectuals in the 20^th Century. In Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis 16: 1 (April): 135-136.

2000.  Review of Azadeh Kian-Thiebaut, Secularization of Iran A Doomed Failure? The New Middle Class and the Making of Modern Iran. In Middle East Journal 54: 1 (Winter): 126-127.

1998.  Review of Asghar Schirazi, The Constitution of Iran: Politics and the State in the Islamic Republic. In Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 32 (Winter): 260-261.

1996.  Review of Nikki R. Keddie, Iran and the Muslim World: Resistance and Revolution. In Contemporary Sociology 25 (September): 628-629.

1996.  Review of Simon Bromley, Rethinking Middle East Politics. In International Journal of Middle East Studies 28 (May): 259-261.

1996.  Review of K. L. Afrasiabi, After Khomeini: New Directions in Iran's Foreign Policy. In Middle East Journal 50 (Spring): 274-275.

1994.  Review of Mehran Kamrava, The Political History of Modern Iran: From Tribalism to Theocracy. In International Journal of Middle East Studies 26 (May): 315-316.

1992.  Review of Mark J. Gasiorowski, U.S. Foreign Policy and the Shah; and George Lenczowski, American Presidents and the Middle East. In American Political Science Review 86 (December): 1102-1103.

1992.  Review of Ian Brown, Khomeini's Forgotten Son's: The Story of Iran's Boy Soldiers; and Dilip Hiro, The Longest War: The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict. In Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 26 (July): 87-89.

1992.  Review of Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Manshour Varasteh, Iran and the International Community. In Middle East Journal 46 (Spring): 322-323.

1992.  Review of Barry Rubin, Islamic Fundamentalism in Egyptian Politics. In Millennium: Journal of International Studies 21 (Spring): 130-131.

1990.  Review of Misagh Parsa, Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution. In Journal of Iranian Studies 23: 112-114.

PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS

• 2009. “Meet the Scholars: Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” Middle East Institute Bulletin, vol. 60, no. 3 (September 2009), pp. 7-9.

  2009. “National Unity Government is a Product of Critical Circumstances: Conversation with Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” Etemad-e Melli [Weekly Appendix], (21 Day 1387/10 January), pp. 13-14 (in Persian).

• 2008.  “History of U.S.-Iranian Relations: Conversation with Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” Shahrvand Emrouz, no. 71 (19 Aban 1387/9 November), pp. 98-99 (in Persian).

• 2008.  “The Ayatollah and Ahmadinejad: Interview with Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” The Politic.org [Yale University’s Undergraduate Journal of Politics] (November 7).

• 2008.  “Liberalism in Iran: Conversation with Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” Shahrvand Emrouz, no. 65 (7 Mehr 1387/28 September) (in Persian).

• 2008.  “Bonapartism Will Not Lead to Democracy: Conversation with Mehrzad Boroujerdi on the Military and Transition to Democracy,” Shahrvand Emrouz, no. 56 (6 Mordad 1387/27 July), pp. 98-99 (in Persian).

• 2008.  “The Historiography of Fereydoun Adamiyat: In Conversation with Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” Shahrvand Emrouz, no. 42 (25 Farvardin 1387/13 April), p. 37 (in Persian).

• Reprinted in Bukhara 65 (Farvardin-Urdibehesht 1387/April-May), pp. 357-361.

• 2007.  “Wishing to Evaluate the Intellectual of the Reza Shah Period,” Shahrvand Emrouz, no. 56 (27 Aban 1386/18 November), p. 58 (in Persian).

• 2007.  “Intellectuals and Politics: Interview with Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” Ham-Mihan, Khordad 26, 1386 [June 16], p. 12.

• 2005.  “The Meaning of Modernity: Dialogue with Mehrzad Boroujerdi and Farzin Vahdat.” In Ramin Jahanbeglou, ed. Iran Dar Jostejoy-e Moderniteh (20 Goftegou dar BBC ba Saheb Nazaran-e Irani [Iran in Search of Modernity: 20 Dialogues with Iranian Thinkers in BBC), pp. 2-12. Tehran: Nashr-e Markaz, 1384.

• 2001. “The End of Otherness: Interview with Mehrzad Boroujerdi.” In Mohammad Taqi Qazalsafli, ed. Qarn-e Rowshanfekran [The Century of Intellectuals], pp. 327-341. Tehran: Center for Dialogue of Civilizations, 1380.

• 2000.  “Attracting Iranian Expatriates: Interview with Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” Bahar [a leading reformist Iranian newspaper], Mordad 6, 1379 [July], p. 10.

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