Publications & Citations
Analysis and reporting by Ghazal Vaisi on Iran-China relations, the axis of autocracy, and authoritarian governance. Published in English, Persian, Arabic, and Bulgarian; reported from the United Nations as correspondent for The Independent Persian; presented in expert briefings to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; cited in congressional testimony, think tank reports, defense assessments, and academic journals.
Cited in Government, Policy & Academic Research
U.S. Government & Congressional
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission 2025
Briefed the Commission, presenting direct policy recommendations on the axis of autocracy: strategic cooperation among China, Russia, and the Islamic Republic of Iran. See full hearing transcript, February 20, 2025.
Research also cited in expert testimony submitted to the Commission: Kimberly Donovan, Linkages and Sanctions Evasion, February 20, 2025.
NESA Center, U.S. Department of Defense 2024
Research referenced in Prospects and Complexities of China-Iran Relations, Implications for the US, and Regional & Global Repercussions, Combined Strategic Analysis Group, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, May 20, 2024.
Think Tanks & Research Institutes
The Heritage Foundation 2026
Research cited in The Security Environment in the Middle East (April 2026) and in the Middle East assessment of the 2026 Index of U.S. Military Strength.
RAND Corporation 2024
Analysis of the Iran-China 25-Year Agreement (Middle East Institute) cited in Strategic Commentaries: Essays About the UK, NATO, China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, RAND Europe Perspective, December 2024.
Foundation for Defense of Democracies 2023
Research cited in Strategy for a New Comprehensive U.S. Policy on Iran, FDD monograph, January 2023.
ICPVTR, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2023
Research cited in The Middle East: A Region of Serious Problems and Dilemmas, International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, January 2023.
Academic Journals
Journal of Peace and War Studies, Norwich University 2023
Research cited in US-China Economic Rivalry: Prospects for Peace in the Middle East, October 2023.
Publications (English)
Apr 3, 2024
Jun 20, 2022
Apr 27, 2022
Apr 13, 2022
Mar 1, 2022
The 25-Year Iran-China Agreement, Endangering 2,500 Years of Heritage
Middle East Institute · cited by RAND Corporation
Middle East Institute · cited by RAND Corporation
Feb 12, 2022
Jan 23, 2022
Jan 14, 2022
مطالب فارسی (Persian)
Jun 2, 2023
سانسور شدید در چین پیش از سالگرد قتلعام تیانآنمن
Severe censorship in China ahead of the Tiananmen massacre anniversary
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Severe censorship in China ahead of the Tiananmen massacre anniversary
ایندیپندنت فارسی
May 16, 2023
روشهای متنوع جاسوسی همهجانبه چین از آمریکا
China's wide-ranging methods of espionage against the United States
ایندیپندنت فارسی
China's wide-ranging methods of espionage against the United States
ایندیپندنت فارسی
May 13, 2023
Apr 16, 2023
الگوبرداری جمهوری اسلامی از جنگ تبلیغاتی چین کمونیست و آلمان نازی
The Islamic Republic's emulation of Communist China's and Nazi Germany's propaganda playbook
ایندیپندنت فارسی · ترجمه به عربی و انگلیسی
The Islamic Republic's emulation of Communist China's and Nazi Germany's propaganda playbook
ایندیپندنت فارسی · ترجمه به عربی و انگلیسی
Jan 25, 2023
Dec 17, 2022
جزئیاتی از بزرگترین برنامه نظامی ژاپن پس از جنگ جهانی دوم
Inside Japan's largest military program since World War II
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Inside Japan's largest military program since World War II
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Dec 6, 2022
رویگردانی چین از همکاری راهبردی اقتصادی با جمهوری اسلامی ایران
China's retreat from strategic economic cooperation with the Islamic Republic
ایندیپندنت فارسی
China's retreat from strategic economic cooperation with the Islamic Republic
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Nov 13, 2022
کمبود نیروی سرکوب و مسئله استفاده سپاه از شبهنظامیان خارجی
A shortage of repression forces and the IRGC's use of foreign militias
ایندیپندنت فارسی
A shortage of repression forces and the IRGC's use of foreign militias
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Oct 22, 2022
دوره سوم رهبری شی جینپینگ و چالشهای پیش روی چین
Xi Jinping's third term and the challenges facing China
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Xi Jinping's third term and the challenges facing China
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Sep 23, 2022
تجربه اعتراضهای خیابانی در هنگکنگ و اوکراین
Lessons of the street protests in Hong Kong and Ukraine
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Lessons of the street protests in Hong Kong and Ukraine
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Sep 3, 2022
قطب شمال، میدان نبرد استراتژیک آینده
The Arctic: the strategic battleground of the future
ایندیپندنت فارسی
The Arctic: the strategic battleground of the future
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Aug 21, 2022
Aug 13, 2022
Jul 1, 2022
برنامه ۶۰۰ میلیارد دلاری گروه ۷ برای مقابله با ابتکار کمربند و جاده چین
The G7's 600-billion-dollar plan to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative
ایندیپندنت فارسی
The G7's 600-billion-dollar plan to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Jun 24, 2022
فرصتهای اقتصادی ازدسترفته ایران در جنگ اوکراین
Iran's lost economic opportunities in the Ukraine war
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Iran's lost economic opportunities in the Ukraine war
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Feb 24, 2022
ده دلیل که چرا رابطه جمهوری اسلامی ایران با چین به نفع ایران و ایرانیها نیست
Ten reasons the Islamic Republic's relationship with China does not serve Iran or Iranians
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Ten reasons the Islamic Republic's relationship with China does not serve Iran or Iranians
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Feb 8, 2022
اوکراین؛ بزرگترین صفآرایی نظامی روسیه و غرب بعد از جنگ سرد
Ukraine: the largest military standoff between Russia and the West since the Cold War
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Ukraine: the largest military standoff between Russia and the West since the Cold War
ایندیپندنت فارسی
Jan 25, 2022
Her UN reporting from 2022 to 2023 is collected under U.N. Correspondence.
Media Mentions
Sep 28, 2023