A failed foray into international diplomacy with Iran revealed key takeaways on public and back-channel diplomacy, recalls Franklin T. Burroughs. 

The rise and fall of public libraries as a tool to spread U.S. ideals in Iran 

CPD Research Fellow Ali Fisher offers tools for tackling the complex architecture of multi-hub information networks.

Javad Rad of the Payam Nour University of Bojnourd recounts his experience participating in the Arbaeen ceremony in Iraq. 

A Center for American Progress (CAP) report assesses how U.S. policy overlooks Iranian soft power influence in the Middle East.