His speciality lies in the area of U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East with a concentration on Persian Gulf security issues and the Caspian Sea region. His academic research has focused on the Muslim republics of the former Soviet Union, Islamic fundamentalism, state sponsorship of terrorism and energy security. Specifically, he has worked on solutions to containing Islamic fundamentalism and state-sponsored terrorism. He is the author of numerous articles on the subject of U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East. Dr. Sobhani is also President of Caspian Energy Consulting, a firm specializing in domestic and international energy matters. He returns to Georgetown every semester to offer GOVT 417 US, Iran & the Caspian, an upperlevel undergraduate seminar for students in the Government Department and the School of Foreign Service