Iran hostage crisis
Houghton's areas of expertise are political psychology, foreign policy decision-making, American foreign policy and US-Iranian relations. In addition to six books, he has published a number of peer-reviewed journal articles. One of his books, " U.S. Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis," was a 2002 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. He has also done media interviews on the Iran hostage crisis and other topics with The New York Times, Sky News, National Public Radio, WOFL (Fox 35 Orlando) and other outlets He is also a writer for Project Syndicate.