Kayhan Barzegar is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic Research (CSR). He has been a Research Associate at the MIT Center for International Studies since 2011. Dr. Barzegar was a Research Fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center during 2007–2011, and at the London School of Economics (LSE) during 2002–2003. He is author of many publications in International Spectator, The Washington Quarterly, Middle East Policy. Dr. Barzegar is the Editor of English-language Discourse, An Iranian English Quarterly.