Biography
Dr. Asif Shuja is a Senior Research Fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is an Iran expert whose research focus includes Iranian domestic politics, the Iranian nuclear issue, Iran’s foreign policy, and Iran’s regional role. He was previously associated with the International Center for Strategic Studies, Abu Dhabi, as a non-resident fellow. His other research affiliations include the Indian Council of World Affairs, where he worked as a research fellow, and the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi where he was attached to the Nuclear Security Project of the Department of Atomic Energy. Asif obtained his PhD on Iran’s political power struggle from the Centre for West Asian (Middle East) Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is the author of the book, ‘India‑Iran Relations under the Shadow of the Iranian Nuclear Issue’.
