Ghazal Vaisi | غزل ویسی

Ghazal Vaisi is an Iranian-born international affairs analyst specializing in Iran-China relations, authoritarian governance, and geopolitical strategy. A former UN Correspondent for The Independent Persian (2022–2023), her work has been cited by think tanks, policymakers, and congressional bodies.

Her research has appeared in the Middle East Institute, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Asia Society Policy Institute, BBC, and FDD's’ 2023 report, Strategy for a Comprehensive U.S. Policy on Iran, which informed the U.S. Department of the Treasury about the misuse of Chinese technology in Iran to target dissidents. 

In 2024, her research was referenced in a CSAG Strategy Paper featured by NESA, a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) institution.

In 2025, Vaisi provided expert consultation to policy analysts at the USCC in preparation for a congressional hearing, ‘An Axis of Autocracy’: China’s Relations with Russia, Iran, and North Korea.