From the ballot box to political manager’s seat: How are Iranian political managers trained?

In a roundtable hosted by the GPTT Center of Political and Parliamentary Studies on June 23, two political experts discussed the challenges of training political managers in Iran. Dr. Parviz Amini, an assistant professor at Shahed University maintained that Read more

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Dollarization, energy subsidies, and sanctions: Iran’s main economic challenges and presidential election

In an economic roundtable hosted by the GPTT Economic Policymaking Department on June 24 at Sharif UT’s Graduate School of Management and Economics, representatives of three presidential candidates discuss the main economic challenges the next Iranian president will face. Read more

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Connecting governance with technology, culture, and diplomacy: The Roosta-Azad Award

The first meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Roosta-azad Technology and Governance Award was held on June 16 at the office of the Iranian Vice-presidency for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-based Economy to review the criteria for evaluating and Read more

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Political Consensus in Commemorating Raisi Indicates His Non-hatred Style of Political Practice: GPTT Co-founder

An interview with India Today news magazine

In an interview with India Today news magazine on May 28, Dr. Seyed Emamian, GPTT co-founder discussed the aftermath of the loss of Iranian president, Seyed Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash Read more

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OTT Conference 2024: Think tanks and their communities

A GPTT delegation attended on Think Tank annual conference (OTT Conference 2024) in Barcelona, Spain, on May 22 and 23, as the most important global gathering of think tank leaders. This year’s conference was themed “Think tanks and their Read more

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Vivek Mishra: “India is not ‘concerned’ about Trump’s second term”

Vivek Mishra: India is not concerned about Trump

In the second session of a series of sessions titled “Predicting the Unpredictable,” concerning the consequences of Donald Trump’s possible second term as the US president, Dr. Vivek Mishra, a senior fellow at India’s Observer Research Foundation (ORF) discussed Read more

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Andrey Kortunov: “Anti-Russ. consensus in Wash. remains strong, even if Trump wins”

Andrey Kortunov: Anti-Russ. consensus in Wash. remains strong, even if Trump wins

In the first session of a series of sessions titled “Predicting the Unpredictable,” concerning the consequences of Donald Trump’s possible second term as the US president, Dr. Andrey Kortunov, the Academic Director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) Read more

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Global actors are unable or unwilling to bring the human tragedy in Gaza to an end

Global actors are unable or unwilling to bring the human tragedy in Gaza to an end

Following the success of the GPTT’s first international conference on the West Asia regional order after October 7, 2023, which was held last November, the think tank’s International Department convened the second international online conference on March 14-15, seeking Read more

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“False narratives of Israeli-influenced think tanks should be countered”

South Africa's Ambassador to Iran at GPTT

South Africa recently brought the case of genocide against Israel before the ICJ. Discussing the matter, GPTT invited the  South African ambassador to Iran, Francis Moloi on February 26 for an in-person event.

In his remarks, he emphasized Read more

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“If UNESCO were to be established today, the world powers would not allow it”

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, several high-ranking officials and scholars discussed the country’s presence at the 42nd UNESCO General Conference, and the opportunities that the organization provide for Iran’s activism, which almost all Read more

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