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Hooshang Amirahmadi

Hooshang Amirahmadi is professor of international development, the Edward J Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Rutgers University. He is the founder and president of the American Iranian Council. His website is here.

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Iran and the international community: roots of perpetual crisis

Iran is often depicted as a rising power. A closer look at the predicament of the Islamic Republic – particularly its "spiral conflict" with the United States – reveals a more complex reality. Hooshang Amirahmadi examines the condition and potential of Iran's foreign relations in a period of regional and global tension.