Richard Javad Heydarian

Richard Javad Heydarian is the author of How Capitalism Failed the Arab World: The Economic Roots and Precarious Future of Middle East Uprisings. He's authored more than 400 articles, policy papers, and op-eds on Asian and Middle Eastern affairs. He's written for or interviewed by Foreign Affairs, BBC, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, Agence France-Presse, Huffington Post, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The National Interest, among other leading publications. He can be reached at jrheydarian@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Richeydarian.