Enduring Hostility: A Book Talk on the Making of America's Iran Policy

Nearly fifty years after the Iranian Revolution and creation of the Islamic Republic, tensions remain high between the United States and Iran, culminating in a U.S.- and Israeli-led war in Iran. Dalia Dassa Kaye’s timely new book, Enduring Hostilities, examines the roots of hostilities between the two countries and how U.S. policy over the past four decades has been shaped not only by differing ideologies between the two countries, but also by U.S. political perceptions at various points in time. Join Penn’s Middle East Center and Perry World House for an in-depth, thoughtful discussion on the U.S.-Iran relationship, the current state of the conflict between the two countries, and what lessons should be gleaned from nearly four decades of enduring hostilities.