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Shireen Hunter

Shireen T. Hunter is a Research Professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Her latest publication is God On Our Side: Religion, Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Rowman & Littlefield, December 2016).

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The Real Reason Iran’s Hardliners Don’t Want To Talk To America

by Shireen HunterMay 21, 2019

Recently, President Donald Trump gave Iran’s leaders a telephone number, saying that he is waiting to talk to them. Observers and analysts in both in...

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Ahwaz Attacks: Is Saudi Arabia Taking The War Inside Iran?

by Shireen HunterSeptember 24, 2018

Less than a month after Iran’s consulate in Basra was attacked, a group of terrorists claiming to be members of the Movement for the Liberation...

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Iran’s Problems With America Won’t End With Trump’s Departure

by Shireen HunterSeptember 17, 2018

According to reports in the U.S. media, former Secretary of State John Kerry in meetings with Javad Zarif , Iran’s minister of foreign affairs, expressed...

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Islamist Hardliners Are Threatening Iran’s Very Survival

by Shireen HunterJuly 20, 2018

Since last year, Iran’s economy has seriously deteriorated as speculators have rushed to exchange national currency for dollars while others, fearing more troubles to come,...

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Politics,

How Iran Should Respond To Trump’s Withdrawal From Iran Nuclear Deal

by Shireen HunterMay 9, 2018

The day that everyone was dreading arrived yesterday when President Trump announced that the United States will no longer adhere to the Iran nuclear deal...

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Why Iran Should Disentangle Itself From Middle East Conflicts

by Shireen HunterApril 24, 2018

Throughout the last seven decades, Iran’s direct or indirect involvement in Middle-East-related issues has been a source of difficulties for its foreign relations and domestic...

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Politics,

Even If US Doesn’t Exit Iran Nuclear Deal, Risk Of War Remains

by Shireen HunterMarch 29, 2018

When the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France, and Germany signed a deal that effectively prevents Iran from developing nuclear weapons, those in Iran and...

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Life, Politics,

Iran’s Cultural Cleavages And The Need For National Compromise

by Shireen HunterMarch 13, 2018

Popular demonstrations in Iran at the end of 2017 reflected economic and other grievances along with a growing frustration and impatience with the Islamic system’s...

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Politics,

The Dismantling Of The Middle East State System

by Shireen HunterFebruary 23, 2018

Following the end of World War II, Middle Eastern countries consolidated their state structures. By contrast, over the last two decades, those structures have largely...

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Politics,

Iranian Leadership: Heed Warning Signs And Change Priorities

by Shireen HunterJanuary 2, 2018

Iran’s leadership, especially the hardliners, has attributed the latest protests in several major Iranian cities, including the capital Tehran, to plots by the enemies of...

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Politics,

Why The Risk Of War Is Higher With Iran Than North Korea

by Shireen HunterDecember 19, 2017

There is a fear that the United States might become embroiled in war in 2018 with Iran, North Korea, or possibly both. In view of...

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Politics,

MbS: Pride Cometh Before The Fall?

by Shireen HunterNovember 19, 2017

Until only a few months ago, Saudi Arabia’s conduct of its domestic and foreign policies was largely characterized by a good deal of caution, a...

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Politics,

The Real Causes Of America’s Troubled Relations With Iran

by Shireen HunterOctober 17, 2017

In his speech describing America’s new approach towards Iran, Donald Trump accused it of responsibility for just about all of the ills of the Middle...

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