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In tribute to Joseph Nye’s legacy of “soft power,” Najmedin Meshkati and Bright (Dokyeong) Lee argue that today’s global crises demand a new paradigm of Engineering Diplomacy.

CPD Faculty Fellow Najmedin Meshkati urges the U.S. and its allies to ease tensions with Iran in the context of a delicately intertwined water access system along the Persian Gulf.