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Silver Economy: Unlocking New Opportunities in an Aging world

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Sharif Policy Research Institute in collaboration with KHANA presents Sharif Policy Event, No. 137 Panel Members: Dr. Abena Dadze-Arthur, Assistant Professor at the School of Government, University of Birmingham, UK Dr Tahani Mustafa, Postdoctoral Fellow at LSE, European Council on Foreign Relations, UK Dr. Michael Amponsah, Population Scientist, Researcher, NCCE., Ghana Dr. Farideh Bahrami, Postdoctoral […]

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Passive Defense: A Strategy for Enhancing the Resilience of the Health System Against Emerging Threats

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The specialized meeting “Passive Defense in the Health System” was held on Tuesday, July 27, 2025, chaired by the Health Core of the Growth Center at Imam Sadegh University (AS) and hosted by KHANA, with the participation of Dr. Kariminia, Head of the Passive Defense Headquarters in the Health Sector; Dr. Shirali, Head of the

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An Experience for the Future of Governance

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Dr. Mehdi Sanaei’s Account of Establishing the Secretariat for Administrative Foresight and Innovation in the 13th Administration The first session in the “Government of Experience” series—focusing on revisiting governance and policy-making experiences of the country’s thought leaders—was held on July 29, 2025, at its headquarters. Dr. Mehdi Sanaei, founder of the “Transparency for Iran” think

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Mapping the Iranian Public Mind During Wartime Crisis: An Analysis of a Three-Phase Public Opinion Survey

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The public response in Iran during the intense 12-day war was not merely a momentary reaction—it was a complex map of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral transformations as Iranian society faced external threats. The findings of this study reveal that public opinion during crises behaves like a living, dynamic entity—shifting from waves of anger and sorrow

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Rethinking the Training of Policy Researchers: Requirements, Challenges, and Solutions

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In the country’s ecosystem of intellectual development, training thoughtful, policy-oriented individuals is not a short-term educational project but a foundational strategy for cultivating soft power and reinforcing the knowledge base of governance. The first session of the “Taraz” series (Comprehensive Model for Training Think Tanks) aims to revisit existing institutional experiences and initiate a strategic

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Against Imperial Confusion:International Working-Class Solidarity with Iran

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Reclaiming the Narrative: Resistance, Solidarity, and the Struggle Against Imperialist Distortion In response to the coordinated military attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States—and the growing distortion of narratives in Western media—activists, scholars, and labor organizers from Iran and around the world will gather for an online forum titled “Against Imperialist Confusion: Global

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Simulating “Balance in Fire”: A Strategic Decision-Making Exercise Amid Middle East Conflicts

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A review of the simulation game “Balance in Fire: Middle East Conflict Simulation”, held in early June at KHANA, brought together professors of international relations, diplomacy, and political studies. Organized by the Institute for Contemporary World Studies and designed by Dr. Shoaib Bahman, the simulation was structured as an interactive model based on game theory.

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Socializing the israel iran war event held at Khana

Socializing the War

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An expert panel titled “Socializing the War” held at KHANA During the course of the war, the Participatory Governance Think Tank held an expert panel titled “Socializing the War” at KHANA, bringing together political, cultural, and social activists to share ideas and reflections relevant to that challenging period. Mohsen Soleimani, researcher at Iranian Collaborative Governance

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From Resistance to Narrative: The Necessity of Redefining Media, Social, and Security Policies in the New Imposed War

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A Specialized Roundtable of Intellectuals with International Security Researcher Alam Saleh Held at KHANA A closed expert session was held at KHANA, attended by a group of intellectuals and Alam Saleh, a scholar in international security. During the session, participants analyzed Iran’s domestic and foreign policies in response to the Zionist regime’s imposed war on

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On the Path of Quantitative and Qualitative Development of Policy Analysis Methods

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Preliminary Evaluation of the Idea of the Seven-Level Problem Analysis The session titled “Preliminary Evaluation of the Idea of the Seven-Level Problem Analysis” was held on Saturday, May 31, with a presentation by Dr. Mehdi Sanaei, founder and former head of the Transparency Transparency for Iran Think Tank. The event took place at KHANA was

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