Shireen Hunter
Shireen Tahmaaseb Hunter is Research Professor at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., with which she has been associated since 2005, as Visiting Fellow and then Visiting Professor. She was at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington from 1983 to 2005, as Director of the Islam Program, 1998–2005, Deputy Director of the Middle East Program, 1983–1992, and Senior Associate, 1993–1998. She also taught courses at Georgetown, George Mason University, and Washington College. She was Academic Fellow at Carnegie Corporation.
From 1993 to 1997, Hunter was Visiting Senior Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels and directed CEPS' Mediterranean Program. She was Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution and Research Fellow at the Harvard University Center for International Affairs.
Shireen Hunter was the first woman in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from 1966 to 1978, serving abroad in London and Geneva. She attained the rank of Counselor and served from time-to-time as Chargé d'Affaires of Iran's UN Mission in Geneva. In addition to her books, she has published more than 500 monographs, chapters in books, and articles, and lectured widely in the United States at home and abroad at universities, research institutes, world affairs councils, the State Department, and military commands. She also has extensive media experience.
Hunter was educated at Teheran University, the London School of Economics, and the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva. A US citizen, she is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She speaks English, French, Azerbaijani, and Persian.
She is married to Robert E. Hunter.Books by Shireen Hunter
- Iran Divided: Historic Roots of Iranian Debates in Identity, Culture and Governance in the 21st Century, Rowman & Littlefield, September 2014.
- Iran's Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Era, Resisting the New International Order, Praeger, 2010.
- Reformist Voices of Islam : Mediating Islam and Modernity, M.E. Sharpe, June 2008.
- Islam and Human Rights: Advancing a US-Muslim Dialogue, CSIS Press, 2005.
- Modernization, Democracy, and Islam, Praeger, 2005
- Islam in Russia: The Politics of Identity and Security, M.E. Sharpe, 2004.
- Strategic Developments in Eurasia After September 11, Frank Cass, 2003.
- Islam: Europe's Second Religion, Praeger, 2002.
- The Future of Islam-West Relations: Clash of Civilizations or Peaceful Coexistence?, CSIS/Praeger, 1998.
- Central Asia Since Independence, CSIS/Westview Press, 1996.
- The Transcaucasus in Transition: Nation-Building and Conflict, CSIS/Praeger, 1994.
- Iran After Khomeini, Praeger, 1992.
- Iran and the World: Continuity in a Revolutionary Decade, Indiana University Press, 1990.
- The Politics of Islamic Revivalism: Diversity and Unity, Indiana University Press, 1988.
- U.S. and the Middle East: Emerging Economic and Political Trends, Westview Press, July 1985.
- OPEC and the Third World: The Politics of Aid, Croom Helm Ltd. and Indiana University Press, 1984.
