Department of Politics and International Studies
Teaching Fellow
London Middle East Institute (LMEI)
Member
Centre for Iranian Studies
Member
Centre for Palestine Studies (CPS)
Member
- Name:
- Dr Seyed Ali Alavi
- Email address:
- sa137@soas.ac.uk
- Address:
- SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- Room 214
- Academic Support Hours:
- Thursdays, 2-3pm & Fridays, 1-2pm
Biography
Seyed Ali Alavi is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of International Politics at SOAS, University of London. He holds a PhD in International Politics from the Department of Politics & International Studies, SOAS, University of London. His doctoral thesis is entitled 'Iran's Relations with Palestine'. He completed his Masters degree in Middle East Politics at SOAS, University of London and his undergraduate studies in International Politics of Europe and America in London.
Ali also holds BSc degree in Agricultural-genetic Engineering.
His interest lies in the area of International Politics of the Middle East and Europe. He participates in media interviews on current affairs. Ali is working on the role of IR theories with main focus on the West Asia. He speaks Farsi, Arabic, Kurdish, and Azerbaijani with some understanding in Czech and Russian.
Publications
Marshall Plan and the Middle east- Vienna, The Austro-American Foundation, April 2017
Identifying Proxies in the Gulf- December 2017, SOAS, London Book review: Hizbullah Phenomenon: Politics and Communication, review published by London Middle East magazine 2015, London.
The Arab world Relations with Iran in November 2017, SOAS.
Article on Turkey’s role in the region, available on: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/ideas/2012/01/can-turkey-really-be-a- political-model-for-its-region/
Iran' s connection with Syria: https://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/seyed-ali-alavi /irans-connections-with-syria- current-status-and-future-perspective