Op-eds & Short Essays
- Bradlow, Benjamin H., and Mohammad Ali Kadivar. 2023. “How Brazil Can Prevent an Authoritarian Resurgence.” Foreign Affairs, January 12 [PDF].
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar “Are Iran’s hijab protests different from past protest waves?” Washington Post's Monkey Cage. September 23, 2022.
- Kadivar, Mohammad Ali, Peyman Jafari, Mehdi Hoseini, and Saber Khani. 2021. “Labor Organizing on the Rise Among Iranian Oil Workers.” Middle East Report Online.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar, Saber Khani, Abolfazl Sotoudeh. "Iran’s Protests Are Not Just About Gas Prices." Foreign Affairs. December 5, 2019 [PDF].
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. "Iran shut down the Internet to stop protests. But for how long?" Washington Post's Monkey Cage. November 27, 2019.
- Arash Davari, Peyman Jafari, Ali Kadivar, Zep Kalb, Arang Keshavarzian, Azam Khatam, Saira Rafiee, and Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi. Roundtable: "Iran's Domestic Politics and Political Economy." Jadaliyya. [Part 1] November 26, 2019; [Part 2] December 2; 2019.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. "Why haven’t reformists joined the protests sweeping Iran?" Washington Post's Monkey Cage. January 4, 2018.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “The Ayatollahs and the Republic: The religious establishment in Iran and its interaction with the Islamic Republic” Project on Middle East Political Science. December 17, 2017.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Iranian President Rouhani won reelection. Here’s how reformists got him there.” Washington Post’s Monkey Cage. May 23, 2017.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar & Ali Honari. “Iran’s Grass-roots Politics and the Nuclear Deal” Washington Post’s Monkey Cage. April 6, 2015.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “The Battle Over Higher Education in Iran” Middle East Report. February 20, 2014.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Iran’s Moderation Project and Lessons of the Reform Era”. Lobelog, November 12, 2013.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Az Dard-e Bi-Archivi” [The Problem of Archiving in Iran]. Bahar, August 11, 2013. (Farsi).
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Political Prisoners: A Strong Voice in Iranian Politics”. Inter Press Agency, August 09, 2013.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “A New Oppositional Politics: The Campaign Participants in Iran's 2013 Presidential Election”. Jadaliyya, June 22, 2013.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Bahar-e Arabi va Mas’ale-ye Sazmandehi [The Arab Spring and the Question of Organizing] BBC Persian. November 16, 2012. (Farsi).
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Tahddiyat Al-intikhabat Ar-Riyasiyyat-i Al-Iraniyyat-i Al-Muqbila [The Challenges of the Forthcoming Presidential Election in Iran]” Jadaliyya September 30, 2012 (Arabic).
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “To Participate or Boycott? Challenges of the 2013 Election and the Iranian Opposition.” Jadaliyya, September 4, 2012.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Water-pistol Rebels in Iran,” Institute for War & Peace Reporting, August 17, 2011.
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Rahpeymayi-ha-ye pish-e ru: Forsati bara-ye tavajjoh be Aqshar-e Mahrum [Forthcoming Demonstrations as an Opportunity to Attract Lower Classes to the Green Movement].” Jomhuri-Khahi, March 6, 2011. (Farsi).
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Darsi az Enqelab-e Tunis bara-ye Sabz-ha [The Tunisian Revolution and a Lesson for the Greens].” Kaleme, February 7, 2011. (Farsi).
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Javanan-e Mesr va Javanan-e Jonbesh-e Sabz [Egyptian Youth, and the Green Movement Youth].” Kaleme, February 3, 2011. (Farsi).
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar, “Entekhabat-e Majles va Aghaz-e Fasli Naw [7th Parliament Election in Iran and Failure of Reformists]”, Aftab Monthly, March 2004. (Farsi).
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Pishnahad-ha-ye Musavi va Senario-ha-ye Pish-e ru [Musavi’s Propositions and Likely Scenarios]” Jaras, January 2, 2010. (Farsi).
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Musavi-ye Sarmaye-dar [The Capitalist Musavi].” Puyesh-e Moj-e Sevvom. May 24, 2009. (Farsi).
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar. “Tavazon-e Qova va Bazigaran-e Siyasi dar Entekhabat-e Dahom [The Balance of Power and the Political Actors in the 10th Presidential Election]. Puyesh-e Moj-e Sevvom. May 15, 2009 . (Farsi).