S3 Episode 11 - Interview with Mr. Jonathan Lord, Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Security Program at CNAS

The Kurdistan in America podcast is honored to have Mr. Jonathan Lord as its guest in the eleventh episode of Season Three.

Mr. Lord is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.  He previously served as the Iraq country director in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy as well as a political-military analyst in the Department of Defense.

He holds an M.A. in security studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in international studies from Vassar College.

The discussion is about the new government in Baghdad, Erbil-Baghdad relations, the Sinjar agreement, the role and future of the United States in Iraq, and security issues impacting Kurdistan, Iraq, and the broader region.