Dr Vali Kaleji

Vali Kaleji, Ph.D. in Regional Studies, Central Asia and Caucasian Studies, from the University of Tehran, Iran. His research interests include history, politics, economic and security in Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus and Caspian Sea, Iran’s Foreign Policy in Eurasia and the Middle East, transit corridors, including the North-South Corridor, regionalism and regional organisations in Central Eurasia, such as the CIS, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). As a researcher, he has published books and articles in Persian and English, and he has collaborations with several research centres, including Oxford Analytica and MANARA (The Cambri…