ASHKAN SHEKARCHI

SCHOLAR . POLICY ANALYST . AUTHOR

Books

A list of my completed soon-to-be-published books, as well as the ongoing ones!

About Me

Hi everyone!

This is Ashkan, a scholar and policy analyst in economic development, religious statecraft, and foreign affairs.

I hold a doctorate in the Humanities, along with graduate degrees in Economics and Political Science. My undergrad studies was in Physics with a minor in Management.

As a stubborn polyglot, cinephile, and cyclist, I have a perennial penchant for poetry, history, swimming, and star clusters!

Projects

Persian Art and Poetry: A Thematic 25-Vol. Collection

Poetry stands as the greatest cultural contribution of the Persianate World over the past millennium....

State, Religion, and Sport in Post-Revolution Iran

In post-revolution Iran, the intersection of state, religion, and sport is further complicated by ongoing...

Expanding The Big Book of Verbs Series

The twenty-first century is widely recognized as the Asian Century, given its prominent position in the...

Neologism and Language Policy and Planning

Our era is marked by wild globalization unfolding in various scopes and scales and the burst of human...

Launching An Online Etymological Dictionary of Persian Terminology

In contrast to many major Asian and African languages, Persian has opted to remain the sole language...

Bilingual Dictionaries of English and Persian Transition Words

Over the past seven years, I have dedicated thousands of hours to researching transition words and phrases...

Dicktionary of Vulgarism and Sexual Idioms in Persian

The lexical and idiomatic study of vulgarisms and sexual slang holds significant academic merit for several...

Articles

I write about foreign affairs, religious statecraft, language policy, and cultural studies.

Article

24 April 2025

Don’t Misinterpret U.S.-China GDP Gap

Misjudging economic size and substance underestimates America’s arch-rival and misguides its policies...

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Article

10 March 2025

China’s Strategic Endurance in Trump’s Trade Blitz

10 Reasons Beijing Is Well-Positioned to Withstand—and Capitalize on—the U.S. Tariff Offensive By: Ashkan...

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Travelography

This section will be devoted to selected shots from my trips across Asia, Europe, and North America.

Iceland Northern Lights

The German newspaper Vossische Zeitung of 25 February 1839 contained an article entitled Photographie,...

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A Night in Finland

Several people may have coined the same new term from these roots independently. Hércules Florence, a...

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Aurora Photography

Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the...

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Northern Lights Norway

Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either...

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