Great Powers, and Iran's Social and Political Evolution

Shireen T. Hunter has more than fifty years’ experience in international affairs as a diplomat (Iranian Foreign Service, 1965-1979), think-tank analyst, and program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Centre for European Policy Studies (1983-2005). She joined Georgetown University’s Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (2005-2019), as Senior Visiting Fellow, Visiting Professor, and Research Professor. She is now an ACMCU Honorary Fellow .

• Introduction.- Chapter I) My Hometown and My family.- Chapter II ) Early Childhood in Tabriz.- Chapter III) Early Teens.- Chapter IV) University Years.- Chapter V) Start of Diplomatic Career.- Chapter VI ) Return to the Ministry: Life as a Notetaker.- Chapter VII) Geneva and Introduction to Multilateral Diplomacy.- Chapter VIII) Life in America : The Early Years.- Chapter IX) Caught in Iran Politics and US-Iran Confrontation.- Chapter X ) The Brussels Interlude.- Chapter XI) Return to Washington and to CSIS.- Chapter XII ) My Time at Georgetown University.