AMIN TARZI

Senior Research Associate (Middle East)

Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Monterey Institute of International Studies

425 Van Buren Street

Monterey, California 93940 (U.S.A.)

Date of Birth: 27 June 1964

Place of Birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia

Citizenship: United States

Education:

Ph.D., 2000 Middle East Studies, New York University.

Dissertation Title: "The Judicial State: A Case Study of the Formation of the Afghan State Through the Consolidation of the Judicial Administration".

MA, 1993 Near Eastern Languages and Literature, New York University.

MA Title: "A Probe into Ahmad Shah Durrani’s Relations with Iran: As Reported by the First Afghan Historiographer, Mahmud al-Husayni".

BA, 1989 Political Science and Philosophy, Queens College, City University of New York, New York.

"Iran’s Missile Test Sends Mixed Messages" <http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/shehab.htm> – (Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, California) 15 August 2000.

"Mahmud Tarzi dar ghurbat" Rowshani (Goettingen, Germany) vol. 4, no. 1, Spring 2000, pp. 13-17.

"Egypt and the Middle East Resolution at the NPT 2000 Review Conference" – article co-authored with R. Stevens, <http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/egypt.htm> – (Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, California) 24 April 2000.

"US Policy on Iraq and its Consequences" Middle East Review of International Affairs Journal, (Ramat Gan, Israel), vol. 4, no. 1, March 2000.

"Malalaï: la Jeanne d’Arc afghane" Les Nouvelles d’Afghanistan, (Paris) no. 87, 4e trimestre 1999, pp. 18-20.

"Challenges to Nonproliferation Regimes in the Middle East" – article co-authored with M. Barletta, in Nonproliferation Regimes under Siege, Occasional Paper No. 3, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, 1999, pp. 32-35.

"Fayz Mohammad Kateb" – article co-authored with R.D. McChesney, in the Encyclopedia Iranica, vol. IX, fascicle 5, 1999, pp. 475-77.

"L’anti-nation afghane" Les Nouvelles d’Afghanistan, no. 79, 4e trimestre 1997, pp. 8-11.

"The Pipeline Wars" Afghan Communicator, (New York) no. 1, August/September 1997, pp. 5-6.

"Dost Muhammad Khan" in the Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. VII, fascicle 5, 1995, pp. 523-524.

"L’action de l’ONU depuis 1989" Les Nouvelles d’Afghanistan, no. 69, 3e trimestre 1995, pp. 7-8.

"L’action de l’ONU depuis 1992" Les Nouvelles d’Afghanistan, no. 70, 4e trimestre 1995, pp. 7-11.

"Fayz Mohammad Kateb, un historien méconnu"Les Nouvelles d’Afghanistan, no. 70, 4e trimestre 1995, pp. 14-16.

"A Tax Reform of the Afghan Amir, ‘Abd al-Rahman Khan" Journal of Asian History, (Weisbaden, Germany) vol. 27, no. 1, 1993, pp. 30-50.

"Afghan Hindus and Sikhs" and "Hazarah of Afghanistan" in State of Peoples, Beacon Press: Boston, 1993, pp. 157-159.

Review of The ‘Ancient Supremacy’ by Jonathan L. Lee in Central Asian Survey, 1999.

Review of The Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation & Collapse in the International System, by Barnett R. Rubin in Afghanistan Forum, vol. XXIII, nos. 4&5, 1995, pp. 35-36.

Review of Islam & Politics in Central Asia, by Mehrdad Haghayeghi, in The Journal of Asian Studies, 1995, pp. 1079-1080.

"Behind the Scenes of US-Iran Relations: The Real Roadblocks to Resumption" – paper presented at the Atlantic Council of the United States, Washington, DC, 8 August 2000.

"Messages on Missiles: The Politics of Iranian Missile Programs" – paper presented at The Nixon Center, Washington, DC, 7 August 2000.

"Iraq and Iran: Threats and Opportunities" – paper presented at the Alumni Reunion 2000, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California, 17 May 2000.

"National Security Issues in the Middle East: A Critique of U.S. Perspectives and Policies" – paper presented at Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 30 March 2000.

"US Policy on Iraq and its Consequences" – paper presented at Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, 11 November 1999.

"After Desert Fox: Is Iraq Reconstituting its WMD Programs?" – paper presented at Monterey Institute of International Studies (Center for Nonproliferation Studies), Monterey, 20 October 1999.

"Afghanistan: A Meeting Point on the Road Map of U.S.-Iranian Relations?" – issue brief prepared for the Working Group of U.S.-Iranian Relations at the Atlantic Council of the United States, DC, 21 September 1999.

"The Politics of Military Build-up in the Gulf: Real and Perceived Threats" – paper presented at Monterey Institute of International Studies, 27 January 1999.

"Iranian Foreign Policy under Khatami: Perils and Possibilities" – paper presented at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, 3 January 1998.

Discussion paper presented for a lecture entitled, "Pakistan’s Security Options after the Second Gulf War" – at the Asian Perspectives Towards the Gulf Conference, Abu Dhabi, 15 November 1997.

Participant in two panels entitled, "War in Afghanistan" and "Prospects of Peace in Afghanistan: The Role of Regional Powers" – at the Fifth Annual Moving Mountains Symposium, Telluride, Colorado, 23 May 1997.

"Reinventing the Past: The New Timur in Uzbek National Identity" – paper presented at the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Indo-Mongolian Society, at New York University, 28 February 1997.

"The Question of Sovereignty in the Post-Cold War Era: The Sanctions on Iraq" – paper presented at the Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 15 March 1996.

"Mahmud Tarzi dar ghurbat" [Mahmud Tarzi in Exile] – paper presented to the Seminar on Mahmud Tarzi at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 25 November 1995.

"Oil: Remains of a Strategic Weapon" – paper presented to the Middle East Business Association at Columbia University, New York, 4 April 1995.

"The Khurasani Connection of the Afghan Monarchy" – paper

presented to the Second Jusur Conference at UCLA, Los Angeles, 27 February 1993.

"Afghanistan: The Struggle Within" – paper presented at the Asia Society, New York, 10 December 1992.

"Afghanistan: An Anthropological Survey" – paper presented at the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) annual conference, Portland, Oregon, 31 October 1992.

"Pakistan’s Relations with the Newly Independent Central Asian States" – paper presented at St. John’s University, New York, 28 March 1992.

"Human Rights in the Afghan Conflict" – paper presented at New York University, 5 April 1991.

"U.S. Foreign Policy on Afghanistan" – paper presented at New York University, 20 October 1989.

"Regional Nonproliferation: Middle East" – Winter Term, academic year 1999-2000,

Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California.

Morse Academic Plan Preceptorship to assist in the course, World Cultures: Muslim Europe, New York University, 1997-98 (declined).

Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, New York University, 1996-97.

International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) 1996 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities in Eurasia - Research Residency (Uzbekistan).

Graduate Assistantship for Central Asian Studies, New York University, 1992-94.

Dean’s Preliminary Dissertation Research Award, New York University, summer 1993.

International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Developmental Fellowship to study Russian at Columbia University, summer 1993.

Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) Summer Fellowship at the American University in Cairo, summer 1992 (declined).

Mellon Foundation Fellowship for the study of Arabic at Middlebury College, summer 1992 (declined).

Title VI Fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. degree at UCLA, academic year 1992-93 (declined).

Foreign Languages and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, academic year 1991-92 and summer 1991, New York University.

The 1991 Distinguished Student Award for Arabic, Middlebury College.

University Scholarship, academic year 1990-91, New York University.

Phi Alpha Theta, International Honors Society of History, membership award, 1989, Queens College.

Certificate of Dedicated Service for working with the homeless, May 1991, Queens College.

President’s Service Award for Programming at New York University, April 1992.

Senior Research Associate for the Middle East, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California, April 1999 to present.

Research Fellow for Iran and Central Asia, The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, September 1997 to September 1998.

Program Coordinator, Ferghana Valley Development Project, United Nations Development Programme, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, August to October 1996.

Political Advisor, Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, June 1993 to February 1996.

Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations, August 1992 to April 1993.

President, Near Eastern Studies Students Association, New York University, 1991-92.

Editor, Ahsan nas (Arabic Newspaper at Middlebury College), summer 1991.

Coordinator of Volunteers, Homes for the Homeless, New York, 1989-91.

Public Relations Officer (Volunteer), Afghan Community in America, New York, 1985-89.

Translator, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1984.

Languages and Skills:

Fluent in English, Persian (including Dari and Tajiki), Arabic, Pashtu; working knowledge of French; beginner in Russian.

Word Perfect 6.0, Microsoft Windows ‘98, Word for Windows 7.0 (with Arabic Language Support), ZyImage, MLS 4.1, Universal Word, Macintosh and Internet.