Non-Persian Ethnic Minorities in Iran May Be Ripe for Revolt
Brenda Shaffer, then Senior Advisor for Energy at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), spoke at a Middle East Forum webinar on the size and significance of Iran’s non-Persian ethnic minorities. Her remarks drew on her FDD monograph, Iran Is More than Persia. Brenda argued that Western estimates of Iran’s ethnic makeup — often […]
The Geopolitics of Energy in the 21st Century
Brenda Shaffer delivered a talk on the geopolitics of energy in the 21st century at Johns Hopkins SAIS Europe in Bologna, as part of the Patrick McCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics. The event was hosted by Professor Michael Leigh at the Bologna Institute for Policy Research (BIPR). At the time, Brenda was a […]
Nord Stream 2: What the US and Europe Can and Should Do
Brenda Shaffer joined a panel at the Atlantic Council examining the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and how the U.S. and Europe should respond to it. She appeared alongside Dr. Agnia Grigas, Douglas Hengel of Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Sandra Oudkirk of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Energy Resources, with the panel moderated by Ambassador […]
Energy and INsecurity: Iran, Middle East, Russia and Eurasia
Brenda Shaffer took part in a panel at Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) examining how energy dynamics drive insecurity across Iran, the Middle East, Russia, and Eurasia. The event reflected Brenda’s ongoing research affiliation with CERES, where she has served as a visiting researcher. The panel connected regional flashpoints—from […]
The Iranian Nuclear Challenge
Brenda Shaffer joined Ashton Carter, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, and nonproliferation expert Henry Sokolski for a forum on the Iranian nuclear challenge, hosted by Harvard’s Institute of Politics. The event was part of the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum series, held at the Harvard Kennedy School. Brenda brought her expertise on Iran and […]