Mahmood Sariolghalam

Born1959 (age 66–67)

Tehran, Iran

Almamater

• School of International Relations, University of Southern California
• California State University, Northridge
• Ohio State University

FieldsInternational Relations

Institutions

• Shahid Beheshti University
• School of International Relations, University of Southern California
• Loyola Marymount University
• Kuwait University
• Middle East Institute
• Center for Strategic Research

Mahmood Sariolghalam
محمود سریع‌القلم
Speaking at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023
Born	1959 (age 66–67) Tehran, Iran
Alma mater	School of International Relations, University of Southern California California State University, Northridge Ohio State University
Scientific career
Fields	International Relations
Institutions	Shahid Beheshti University School of International Relations, University of Southern California Loyola Marymount University Kuwait University Middle East Institute Center for Strategic Research
Thesis	The international dimensions of the Western Saharan conflict (1987)
Website	www.sariolghalam.com

Mahmood Sariolghalam (Persian: محمود سریع‌القلم; born 1959) is a professor of international relations at the School of Economics and Political Science in Shahid Beheshti University since 1987. He was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1959. He received his B.A. degree in political science/management from California State University, Northridge in 1980 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in international relations from the University of Southern California in 1982 and 1987, respectively. Sariolghalam also completed a postdoctorate program at Ohio University in 1997. During the 2009–2010 academic year, he taught at Kuwait University. He is currently a professor at Loyola Marymount University continuing to teach international relations.^[1]

Sariolghalam specializes in international politics of the Middle East, Iranian foreign policy and political culture and has written extensively in Persian, Arabic and English. He is a member of the International Studies Association (US), Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum (Switzerland), and Advisory Group on Iran, the Atlantic Council. He's also a non-resident scholar at ASERI (Italy) and the Middle East Institute.^[2] In 2006, he attended Bilderberg Meeting in Ottawa, Canada.^[3] His current research focuses on the political psychology of authoritarianism and conceptual roots of Iranian foreign policy.