Esfandyar Batmanghelidj

Esfandyar Batmanghelidj is Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe and the founder and CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, a think tank focused on economic diplomacy, economic development, and economic justice in the Middle East and Central Asia. He has published peer reviewed research on Iranian political economy, social history, and public health, as well as commentary on Iranian politics and economics. Batmanghelidj has also conducted extensive research on sanctions effects and is a core member of the Advancing Humanitarianism through Sanctions Refinement (AHSR) initiative. He was previously a core member of a two-year project titled “When Money Can’t Buy Food and Medicine: Banking Challenges in the International Trade of Vital Goods and their Humanitarian Impact in Sanctioned Jurisdictions,” which was funded by the Swiss Network for International Studies. He is a council member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Growth for the term of 2023-2024. From 2021-2022, Esfandyar was a visiting fellow with the Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. From 2018-2020, he was a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, writing on Middle East politics and economics. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and Middle Eastern studies from Columbia University and an executive master’s in public administration from the London School of Economics. For a recent curriculum vitae including a full list of publications, see personal website.