How Sanctions Work
Join the Institute for Middle East Studies for a timely discussion on the mechanics and impact of sanctions, featuring Jeff Stein, Narges Bajoghli, and Sina Azodi. This event will explore how sanctions are implemented, their geopolitical consequences, and their effects on targeted nations and societies. Azodi, Bajoghli, and Stein will provide expert insights into the effectiveness and unintended repercussions of this complex tool of international relations. Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of a critical issue in global diplomacy. This event is based on Narges Bajoghli’s recent book How Sanctions Work Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare (coauthored with Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez) and Jeff Stein’s Money Wars series in The Washington Post.
Speakers
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Sina Azodi is a part-time lecturer at George Washington, his research interests include international security, nuclear nonproliferation, and U.S.-Iranian relations. His Doctoral dissertation "Iran's Nuclear Program: A Struggle for Security and Modernity" traces the evolution of Iran's nuclear program. He previously worked as a research assistant at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Dr. Azodi is also a visiting scholar and a professorial lecturer of international affairs at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where he teaches a graduate course on Iran’s foreign policy in the Middle East. Dr. Azodi is a frequent commentator on both English- and Persian-speaking media, including BBC, Sky News, Al-Jazeera, TRT World, and i24. His analysis has appeared in Columbia University’s Journal of International Affairs, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Arms Control Association, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Middle East Institute, and has been quoted by the New York Times, Newsweek, Spiegel, and Forbes. Dr. Azodi has published the chapter “The Fusion of Politics and Religion in Iran” in the edited book Political Islam in the Gulf Region. He earned his BA and MA in international affairs from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, and PhD from University of South Florida.
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Narges Bajoghil is Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. She is an award-winning anthropologist, writer, and professor. Trained as a political anthropologist, media anthropologist, and documentary filmmaker, Professor Bajoghli’s research is at the intersections of media, power, and resistance. She is the author of several books, including the award-winning book Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic (Stanford University Press 2019; winner 2020 Margaret Mead Award; 2020 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title; 2021 Silver Medal in Independent Publisher Book Awards for Current Events) and a graphic novella, Sanctioned Lives (2024). Most recently, she co-authored How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare.
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Jeff Stein is the White House economics reporter for The Washington Post. Since joining The Washington Post in November 2017, he has covered the Republican tax law; the government shutdown; and the administration's economic response to the coronavirus, among other topics. In 2014, he founded the local news nonprofit the Ithaca Voice in Upstate New York. The Ithaca Voice has a full-time staff of reporters and remains the best publication in the city.