Vali Kaleji

Dr. Vali Kaleji is an expert on Central Asia and Caucasian Studies in Tehran, Iran. His recent publications in Persian include: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): Goals, Functions and Perspectives (2010), South Caucasus as a Regional Security Complex, (2014), Political Developments in the Republic of Armenia, 1988- 2013 (2014), Iran, Russia and China in Central Asia, Cooperation and Conflict with US Foreign Policy in Central Asia, (2015), US Foreign Policy in Central Asia: Process and Perspectives (2015) and Iran and the South Caucasus Republics (2017). His publications in English include:“Current Trends and Tendencies in the Political and Security Dimension of the North and South Caucasus: A View from Iran”, Vienna based European Institute for Counter Terrorism and Conflict Prevention (September 2020), “Expanding Armenia - Israel Relations: Implications for Iran’s Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus”, The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI), American Foreign Policy Council (September 10, 2020), “Eight Principles of Iran’s Foreign Policy towards The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict”, Valdai Discussion Club, Moscow (October 9, 2020) and “Nagorno-Karabakh: Transformation from an Ethnic-Territorial to Ethnic-Religious Conflict”, The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Moscow (October 21, 2020).