1. Vali Reza Nasr is an Iranian-American academic and political scientist, specializing in Middle Eastern studies and the history of Islam.
11 Facts About Vali Nasr
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Vali Nasr is Majid Khaddouri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC Vali Nasr served as the eighth dean of the school from 2012 to 2019.
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Vali Nasr, son of the Iranian academic, philosopher, and scholar of religion Seyyed Hossein Nasr, was born in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran in 1960.
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Vali Nasr went to school in England at age 16, and immigrated to the United States after the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
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Vali Nasr taught at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, University of San Diego, and the Naval Postgraduate School, and was a senior fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard University, as well as Stanford University and University of California, San Diego prior to being appointed dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in March 2012.
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Vali Nasr was a member of the State Department's Foreign Affairs Policy Board and served as senior advisor to the US special representative for Afghanistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, between 2009 and 2011.
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Vali Nasr is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Vali Nasr is a political scientist by training and has focused on comparative politics and international relations of the Middle East.
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Vali Nasr's writing has addressed politics and Islamic activism in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and throughout the Arab world.
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Vali Nasr appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on 1 August 2006,22 September 2009, and 25 April 2013.
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Vali Nasr is the son of Seyyed Hossein Vali Nasr, a prominent Iranian academic, philosopher, and scholar of religion.