Publications

Khamenei, Don Quixote, and Culture Wars. (2025, October 13). The Caravan. https://www.hoover.org/research/khamenei-don-quixote-and-culture-wars

McFaul, M., & Milani, A. (2025, July 25). The Real Meaning of Putin’s Middle East Failure. Foreign Affairs. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/real-meaning-putins-middle-east-failure-michael-mcfaul

Hecker, S., & Milani, A. (2025, July 8). Time for Iran to make a no-enrichment nuclear deal. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. https://thebulletin.org/2025/07/time-for-iran-to-make-a-no-enrichment-nuclear-deal/

Ayatollah Khamenei faces a nuclear nightmare. (2025, June 23). The New Statesman. https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2025/06/ayatollah-khamenei-faces-a-nuclear-nightmare

Only Democracy Can End Iran’s Nuclear Threat. (2025, June 18). Project Syndicate. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/only-regime-change-can-end-iran-nuclear-threat-by-abbas-milani-2025-06

Milani, A., & Afshar, M. (2025). Simorgh: Portraits on My Mind . Mage Publishers. https://mage.com/simorgh-portraits-on-my-mind/

Milani, A., & Ghereghlou, K. (2025). Shadman’s Diaries: In Pursuit of Western Civilization, 1933-1943 (Volume 2). Mage Publishers. https://mage.com/shadman-diaries-in-pursuit-of-western-civilization-1933-1943-volume-2-diaries-in-persian/

A Dangerous Dance for Israel and Iran. (2024, October 4). Project Syndicate. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/israel-iran-deterrance-escalating-attacks-by-abbas-milani-2024-10

Reza Shah and his crown prince (in Persian). (2024, July 13). Āso. https://www.aasoo.org/fa/articles/4857

Iran’s Succession Crisis Is a Legitimacy Crisis. (2024, May 27). Project Syndicate. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/iran-succession-crisis-exposes-regime-legitimacy-deficit-by-abbas-milani-2024-05

Guns and Paranoia. (2024, April 17). Hoover Digest. https://www.hoover.org/research/guns-and-paranoia

The War of Goharshad Mosque; The Story of Gohrshad Mosque narrated by the book "Behlool and Reza Shah" (in Persian). (2024, March 25). Āso. https://www.aasoo.org/fa/articles/4694

Khamenei’s Muscular “Soft Power” in the US. (2023, December 5). The Caravan. https://www.hoover.org/research/khameneis-muscular-soft-power-us

Ed. Satrapi, M. (2023). Women’s Rights: An Age-Old Battle. Femme, Vie, Liberté. L’Iconoclaste. https://www.placedeslibraires.fr/livre/9782378803780-femme-vie-liberte-marjane-satrapi/

Reza Shah and His Modernization: An Analysis of “The Travelogue of Mazandaran,” in Memory of Ebrahim Golestan (in Persian). (2023, September 12). IranWire. https://iranwire.com/fa/special-features/120239-رضاشاه-و-تجددش-نگاهی-به-سفرنامه-مازندران-به-یاد-ابراهیم-گلستان۱/

McFaul, M., & Milani, A. (2023). How China’s Saudi-Iran Deal Can Serve U.S. Interests. Foreign Policy. https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/14/china-saudi-iran-us-middle-east-geopolitics-diplomacy/

Milani, A., & Ghereghlou, K. (2023). Shadman’s Diaries: The Odyssey of a Young Cleric, 1926-1928. Mage Publishers.

Milani, A. (2023). Thirty Portraits volume 2 (in Persian). Persian Circle.

Eds. Blaydes, L., Hamzawy, A., & Sallam, H. (2022). Iran’s Culture Wars in the Arab World. Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World: Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors After the Spring. University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12237894

Encounters with Golestan’s Encounter (in Persian). (2022, February 19). BBC Persian. https://www.bbc.com/persian/blog-viewpoints-60444658