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Afkār is a publication of the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, providing short-form analyses, insights, and perspectives on regional issues and developments from the Council's experts and outside contributors. Afkār is published in English and Arabic, and is edited by Omar H. Rahman.
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Sajjad Safaei

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

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Sajjad Safaei is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany. He earned his PhD from the MLU Halle-Wittenberg with his thesis focusing on barbarism vs civilization, analyzing the concept through historical, sociological, legal, and philosophical lenses. He holds his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering.

His areas of research include punishment and sociology of punishment, international security, history of violence, barbarism, Middle East studies, Human Rights, Iranian Studies, democratization, and disarmament.

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As Renewal of Iran-Israel War Looms, What Lessons Can Be Learned from June?
Israel’s 12-day war with Iran achieved dramatic tactical successes—including assassinations, sabotage and U.S. military involvement—but ultimately failed to trigger Iran’s internal collapse or strategic defeat, instead galvanizing Iranian national unity, advancing its nuclear ambiguity and raising the risk of deeper regional escalation in a future.
Sajjad Safaei

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