About Brenton Clark

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 that have driven and constrained Tajikistan’s relations with Iran in the post-September 11 period. Brenton can be followed on Twitter @bevo84.

Articles by Brenton Clark

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 the overlooked Tajikistan be the one to lose out? asks Brenton Clark

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