In his research published this week by openDemocracy, BSIS PhD researcher Moritz Pieper, argues that it cannot be assumed that the upcoming presidential elections in June will bring about radical change: http://www.opendemocracy.net/moritz-pieper/no-prospects-for-iranian-spring
The focus of Moritz Pieper’s research is on regional and inter-regional power dynamics in the Middle East and Central Asia, with a special interest in non-Western foreign policies toward the Iranian nuclear programme. His PhD dissertation comparatively analyzes Chinese, Russian and Turkish foreign policy toward the Iranian nuclear programme, reflecting on the emergence of alternative narratives of diplomacy over the Iranian nuclear programme in a world of conflicting power centres and on changing conceptions of security cultures toward Iran. He is supervised by Dr. Tom Casier.
Further information about Moritz is available at http://www.kent.ac.uk/brussels/staff/profiles/research/pieper.html