InFocus with Ejaz Haider-Ep34,Apr21: "Iran-Israel Conflict" with Valeriia Gergiieva & Sina Azodi

Guests: Dr.Valeriia Gergiieva and Dr. Sina Azodi
Dr.Valeriia Gergiieva currently serves as a Visiting Research Fellow contributing to the 'Arms Control and Emerging Technologies' project at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) at the University of Hamburg. Concurrently, she holds the position of Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Odesa Center for Nonproliferation (OdCNP). In the fall of 2019, Dr. Gergiieva was appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) in Monterey.
Dr. Gergiieva is actively engaged in various professional networks, including the Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network (BSWN), where she assumes leadership roles and moderates the initiative known as "Black Sea Experts NucTalks." Moreover, she participates in the Black Sea Nonproliferation Professional Exchange and a member of the Young Generation Leadership Network (YGLN) by ELN.
Dr. Sina Azodi is Professional Lecturer, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Dr. Azodi's research interests include international security, nuclear nonproliferation, and U.S.-Iranian relations. His Doctoral dissertation "Iran's Nuclear Program: A Struggle for Security and Modernity" traces the evolution of Iran's nuclear program.
He previously worked as a research assistant at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Sina is also visiting scholar and a professorial lecturer of international affairs at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where he teaches a graduate course on Iran’s foreign policy in the Middle East.
Dr. Azodi is a frequent commentator on both English- and Persian-speaking media, including BBC, Sky News, Al-Jazeera, TRT World, and i24. His analysis has appeared in Columbia University’s Journal of International Affairs, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Arms Control Association, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Middle East Institute, and has been quoted by the New York Times, Newsweek, Spiegel, and Forbes. Dr. Azodi has published the chapter “The Fusion of Politics and Religion in Iran” in the edited book Political Islam in the Gulf Region.