Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Marital formation and childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic: survey-based evidence from Iran

New survey evidence on how women's earnings and insecurity shape men's support for women's education in Afghanistan.

Military attacks, sanctions, political repression, and damage to civilian services are converging on the institutions that protect children in Iran. A child-centred response must therefore safeguard s...

Iran can exploit dependence on Hormuz today, but prolonged disruption will erode that leverage

The Resource Curse hypothesis posits that resource-rich countries, particularly those dependent on oil, tend to experience lower economic growth rates compared to resource-poor nations. Our study cont...

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As artificial intelligence reshapes global competition, control of the energy that powers it has become a strategic prize

Nature Food - Global food security rests on the Strait of Hormuz

Policy-makers in Iran face numerous economic challenges. The impacts of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine – together with longer-term issues related to high unemployment, rising inflation and worsening…

International sanctions are used as a powerful tool of statecraft, but their broader societal consequences are often overlooked. Since 2012, comprehensive sanctions on Iran have drastically eroded its middle class, undoing decades of social progress and undermining a key engine of economic stability and political moderation.