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Book Talk | The Great Powers, and Iran’s Social and Political Evolution


** Roxane Farmanfarmaian in conversation with Shireen Hunter.
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Iran is again in the headlines. Under attack, but still mysterious – it continues to be misrepresented, misunderstood, and regarded in the West as a pariah and a threat. But is it?

In this her 20th and newest book, The Great Powers, and Iran’s Social and Political Evolution, scholar and author Shireen T. Hunter delves into the nuances of Iran’s past and present, offering a deeply personal analysis – part autobiography, part history – of how the country of her birth became the nation it is today, how it was torn by great power machinations, and how the currents of international politics swept through society and affected the lives of ordinary people in Iran. Hunter sets out to chronicle her own journey from Iran to the US and what that has meant, but in the process she reveals a picture of Iran buffeted by great power politics that both demystifies and clarifies why it is the complex, misunderstood and modern state it has become.

June 2025

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Join us for a timely and important discussion with:

Shireen Hunter

Shireen T. Hunter is a honorary fellow at the Center For Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, previously serving as a professor there for 15 years. Before joining, she was director of the Islam program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a program she had been associated with since 1983.

Roxane Farmanfarmaian (Moderator)

Roxane Farmanfarmaian is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute and the director of International Studies and Global Politics at the University of Cambridge Institute for Continuing Education. She lectures on the modern Middle East at the Cambridge Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS).

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