Faramarz Tamanna
Part Time Professor | Faculty staff
E-mail : ftamanna3@ustpaul.ca
Profil
Dr. Faramarz Tamanna is a Professor (Part-time) at the School of Ethics and Public Affairs, Saint Paul University. He also is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa and a Research Associate at the Center for International Policy Studies (CIPS) at this university. Prior to joining CIPS, he was a Professor at the School of Diplomacy and International Studies (DIS), University of Afghanistan. Also he was the President of this university too. He did his PhD in International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)- New Delhi, India (2014), PhD in International Relations at Tehran University (2010), MA in International Relations at Shahid Beheshti University (2006), and BA in Political Science at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran (2001). He has taught at several universities since 2008.
Dr. Tamanna is the author of five books and authored/co-authored tens of articles and policy reviews covering International Relations, Foreign Policy, Security and International Politics.
Dr. Tamanna has also previously served as the Director General of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (2012-2019) and represented his country in several international conferences on regionalism, security and political issues around the world. Tamanna is the founder and president of the Afghanistan Association of Political Science and International Relations (AAPSIR).
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India, PhD (2011- 2014), International Studies. Dissertation: “Security Problem in Afghanistan: A Study of Domestic Factors: 1973-2014.” Thesis Supervisor: Prof. K. Warikoo.
Tehran University, Iran, PhD (2006- 2010), International Relations. Dissertation: “India-Pakistan Disputes and Its Impact on the Security Situation in Afghanistan, 1947- 2001.” Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Qasem Eftekhari.
Shahid Beheshti University, MA (2003-2006), International Relations, School of Economics and Political Science; specializing in US Foreign Policy, Development Studies, and development-related research with an emphasis on Afghanistan, Iran and South Asia. Thesis: “United States Strategy Towards Afghanistan after 2001.”
Shahid Beheshti University, BA, Political Science, 1997-2001.
Foreign Policy, Security and Conflict Studies, Terrorism, Development, Afghanistan and the region (China, Russia, Central Asia, South Asia, Middle East)
1 – Books
- Afghanistan’s Foreign Policy: Dynamism, Scope, Actions, (2020), Kabul: Amiri Publications.
- The Dilemma of Peace and Security in Afghanistan (2020), Kabul: Amiri Publications.
- Political Development in Afghanistan (2020), Kabul: University of Afghanistan.
- US Foreign Policy in Afghanistan (2008), Tehran: Research Institute of Strategic Studies Publications.
- Afghanistan’s Foreign Policy (on Regional Cooperation) edited, (2014), Kabul: Center for Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan.
2 – Articles
Essays on International Relations, Foreign Policy, and Regional issues :
- “New Technologies and the Geopolitics of the Global Oil Economy in the Age of Energy Transition” (Co-Author), in Petroleum Business Review, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 27–38 Winter 2021.
- “Afghanistan’s Place in the Foreign Policy of Donald Trump: Missing Link or Strategic Partner,” 8 am Newspaper, 20-21 Feb. 2017.
- “Afghanistan’s Foreign Policy Towards Second Circle: Islamic World,” in Andisha-e-Moaser Scientific Quarterly, Kabul: Summer 2016.
- “Human security in Afghanistan,” in Strategic Studies Quarterly, Kabul: Winter 2011.
- “The conceptual change in Interactor concept in International Relations,” in Homeira Moshirzadeh and Nabiollah Ebrahimi, Conceptual changes in International Relations, Tehran: Center for Strategic Studies, 2012.
- “ The role of Afghanistan in Iran-Pakistan relations,” in Tayebeh Vaezi, Iran- Pakistan strategic relations, Tehran: Center for Strategic Studies, 2012.
- A Review on “London International Conference 2010 on Afghanistan”, a Column on the website “Farda News,” 23/02/2010,
- “GHAZA Crises and the Future of UN Peacemaking Policy in International Relations,” Ettela’at Newspaper, Jan 3-4, 2010.
- “Reviewing of new events in Afghanistan and the future of negotiation between Afghan Government with Taliban’, 2009.
- “Assessment of Iranian political parties about Iran-America negotiation and the future of this issue,” 2009.
- “Assessment of Iranian political parties about Iranian nuclear program” 2009.
- “Development of Inter-actor concept in international relations,” Kabul, Peiman-e Melli daily, Sep 2008.
- (Also published in Strategic Studies Quarterly, Research Institute of Strategic Studies Tehran, 2008.)
- “Afghanistan’s Security Treats and the Iranian Foreign Policy,” Research Centre of the Iran Parliament, July 2008.
- “Reviewing of effective factors in Indo-Iranian strategic relations,” Research Centre of Iran Parliament, July 2008.
- “The new Afghanistan and the Afghan-Iranian relations,” Tehran: Research Institute of Strategic Studies, 2008.
- “The ECO Countries policy to fight against Global finance crises” (to be published)
- “The eight years of The USA and NATO presence in Afghanistan,” Ettela’at Newspaper, Jan 3, 2008.
- “Unbalancing of security system in South Asia and terrorism growth in Afghanistan,” 2008.
- “Nature and the roots of terrorism’s emerge, “2008.
- “Reviewing of Iranian foreign policy in Persian Gulf region and Egypt,” 2008.
- “Critique and assessment of point of view of Iran and Russia about Gas OPEC initiative,” 2008
- “Security concept in Constructivism School,” Strategic Research Quarterly, no 13-14, Kabul: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2007.
- “Regional” Peace Jirga” and confidence building in Afghan- Pakistan relations,” Tehran: E’temad daily, Aug 2007.
- “Realism Theory in International Relations,” Strategic Research Quarterly, Kabul: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2007.
- “United State’s strategy in Afghanistan after Sep. 11”, Tehran: Ettelaa’t Daily, 2007
- “Cultural challenges and internalizing of human rights in Afghanistan.” 2007.
- “United State’s foreign policy after the Cold War”, 2007.
- “Globalization and its effect on the Theorizing of Opposite Theories in International Relations,” Kabul: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2006.
- “From the Carpet of “Knowledge” to the Distinction of “Livelihood,” Hari Quarterly Magazine, 2002.
3 – Policy Papers:
- Security in the Heartland: Navigating Russia, China, and Central Asia’s Interaction With the Taliban 2.0, Carleton University (and DND), 2024. available at: https://carleton.ca/eetn/2025/security-in-the-heartland-navigating-russia-china-and-central-asias-interaction/
- Afghanistan and the Way Forward: Changing the Approach and Reversing the Trajectory (Policy recommendations for Canada, UN and broader international community), CIPS, University of Ottawa, 2025. Available at:https://www.cips-cepi.ca/afghanistan-at-a-crossroads-policy-recommendations-for-canada-and-the-international-community/
– The articles translated from English to Persian:
- Theo Farrell, “Constructivist Security Studies: Portrait of a Research Program,” in International Studies Association, Blackwell Publishing, UK, 2002, pp.49-72.
- David Held, “Violence, Law and Justice in a Global Age,” in Leonard, Mark, Re-Ordering the World, London: The Foreign Policy Center, pp. 56-72.
- Paul Wapner, “The Normative Promise of Nonstate Actors: A Theoretical Account of Global Civil Society,” in P. Wapner and L. Ruiz, eds., Principled World Politics, Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, pp.261-274.