Ghodratollah Behboudi Nejad

Dr. Behboudi Nejad is a visiting scholar at Carleton University. His research and teaching focus on EU foreign policy in the South Caucasus, the politics and governance of Central Asia and the Caspian Sea region, as well as the Russian Federation and the Middle East. He also examines geopolitical dynamics, including competition between China and the U.S., and between China and India, in the Middle East and Persian Gulf, the competition between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and issues related to nuclear proliferation.

Selected Significant Publications

Behboudi Nejad (2022), “The Economic Plans of the Great Powers in Central Asia: Implications for Iran” Journal of International Relations SAGE, Vol (26) No 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/09735984221133588.

Behboudi Nejad (2021), “Geopolitics of Energy in Kazakhstan: Implications for Chania”, Journal of New International Journal of new Political Economy, Volume 2, Issue 2, Summer and Autumn 2021, https://jep.sbu.ac.ir/article_101178.html.

Behboudi Nejd (2017) “Impact of Globalization on Ethnic Groups and Cultural Identity North Caucasus Region”. Journal of Asian Politics & History (JAPH), NO 10, Fall 2017. http://www.clarewood.org/content.asp?id=278&Classld=31.

Behboudi Nejd (2017) ‘Iran’s Gas Market after the Nuclear Deal: Characteristics & Opportunities’, Journal of Business (JB), Vol 6, No 2, 7-19,2017. https://jb.ibsu.edu.ge/jms/index.php/jb/article/view/124.

Behboudi Nejad, (2020) “China’s Belt and Road Initiative Dominance or Development and American Response”. Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs, Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter- Spring 2020, pp. 143-168.

Behboudi Nejd,(2017) ‘India’s New Gateway to Central Eurasia, the case of the International North–South Transport Corridor’, Journal of Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs, Journal Number 25 Spring-Summer 2017, http://irfajournal.csr.ir/WebUsers/irfajournal/UploadFiles/OK/13970723939585004487-F.pdf.

Behboudi Nejad(2020)“China-Iran Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: Likely Challenges for India”. Journal of Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs, Vol 12, Issue 34.

Behboudi Nejad (2021), “Pipeline Politics in Central Asia: Iran’s Interests and Options”, Central Asia and the Caucasus Quarterly Volume 27, Issue 115 , December 2021,

Behboudi N (2020), “Quad Alliance: Asian NATO to contain China in the Indo-Pacific”, International Relations Research Journal, Volume 11, Issue 3 – Serial Number 42, November 2021, DOI ,10.22034/IRR.2021.144277. http://www.iisajournals.ir/article_144277.html?lang=en. Pages 147-178.

Behboudi,(2020), “Syria’s strategic position in Russia’s energy and geo-economic equations” Quarterly journal of international politics and Relations. 10.22080/JPIR.2022.21242.1209

Behboudi (2021), Regionalism and Regional Collaboration in Central Asia. Foreign Relations Quarterly, Volume 13, Issue 1 – Serial Number 49 June 2021n Pages 43-76. http://frqjournal.csr.ir/article_138407.html?lang=en.

Behboudi Nejad (2020), “Regional Geopolitical Rivalries in the Middle East: Implications for Europe”, Journal of Politic and International Relations, Volume 4, Issue 7, Summer and Autumn 2020.

Behboudi (2021), “the Persian Gulf between the Quad and the Belt and Road Initiative”, Foreign Policy Quarterly, Volume 36, Number 4, March 1401, pages 145-174. https://fp.ipisjournals.ir/?_action=article&au=1681470&.

Other honours

Peer review for World Affaires Journal (SAGE)