Brenton Clark

<p>Brenton Clark is a graduate scholar at the Centre of Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University, Canberra. He is currently researching the factors

Persian games: Iran’s strategic foothold in Tajikistan

While international attention on Iran focuses on the country's nuclear programme and anti-western rhetoric, few have noticed the country's constructive attempts to develop a sphere of influence in its fellow Persian-speaking Tajikistan. But as western states ramp up sanctions against Iran, will th

By Brenton Clark

/ 10 Apr 2012