Center for Strategic Studies

{{Short description|Iranian research institute}} {{Other uses}} {{distinguish|Center for Strategic Research (Iran){{!}}Center for Strategic Research}} {{Infobox organization |name = Center for Strategic Studies |image = Logo of Center for Strategic Studies.png |caption = |abbreviation = CSS |formation = 1997 |type = Think tank |headquarters = Pasteur Street |location = Tehran, Iran |leader_title = President |leader_name = Mohsen Esmaeili |budget = |website = [https://css.iripo.ir/ css.iripo.ir] }} '''Center for Strategic Studies''' ({{langx|fa|مرکز بررسی‌های استراتژیک}}) is an Iranian think tank on strategy issues. It is the research arm of the Iranian President's office.

==History== CSS was established in 1997 as a counterpart of Center for Strategic Research.

==Heads== * Mohammad Reza Tajik * Alireza Zaker Esfahani * Parviz Davoodi * Hesamodin Ashna * Ali Rabii * Mohammad Sadegh Khayatian * Mostafa Zamanian * Mohammad Javad Zarif * Mohsen Esmaeili

==Challenges== The center was led by Hesamoddin Ashna in Rouhani's Government, but Ashna resigned after an internal interview with Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was leaked. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iran-religion-government-and-politics-409d57e4ce1c4320e45c8b4d59168645|title=Shakeup in Iran's presidential office after leaked FM tape|website=Associated Press|date=29 April 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-05-22/iran-s-hardliners-fall-into-line-backing-zarif-in-nuclear-talks Iran’s Hardliners Fall Into Line Backing Zarif in Nuclear Talks]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ir.undp.org/content/iran/en/home/presscenter/articles/2016/02/21/oining-forces-to-save-iran-s-drying-wetlands.html |title=Joining forces to save Iran’s drying wetlands |access-date=2017-01-16 |archive-date=2017-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810015613/http://www.ir.undp.org/content/iran/en/home/presscenter/articles/2016/02/21/oining-forces-to-save-iran-s-drying-wetlands.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/2016/06/01/inter-army-cooperation-explored,108162195-ART Inter-army cooperation explored]</ref><ref>[http://www.agi.it/international/2016/01/26/news/exhibition_celebrates_italy_and_irans_archeological_work-454783/ Exhibition celebrates Italy and Iran's archeological work]</ref><ref>[https://iranwire.com/en/features/1727 Khamenei goes Ballistic over Missile Tests]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140904152930/http://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2014/aug/12/irans-leaders-iraq-crisis-and-isis Iran's Leaders on Iraq Crisis and ISIS]</ref>

== Network for Public Policy Studies ==

The Network for Public Policy Studies was established by the Center in 2015 to advance the study of public policies.<ref>{{cite web|title=شبکه شمس، تلاش دولت یازدهم برای پیوند زدن نخبگان و حوزه های تصمیم گیر است|url=http://www.president.ir/fa/84293|website=Official website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref>

==References== <references/>

==External links== * [http://www.css.ir/ Center for Strategic Studies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102081038/http://www.css.ir/ |date=2008-11-02 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Center for Strategic Studies}} Category:Political research institutes Category:1997 establishments in Iran Category:Research institutes established in 1997 Category:Research institutes in Iran Category:Think tanks based in Iran Category:Public policy in Iran Category:Strategic studies