Iraq: from dictatorship to what?

Date: 

Thursday, January 26, 2017, 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Ambassador Fareed Yasseen
Ambassador of Iraq to the United StatesFareed Yasseen

Educated in Iraq, Switzerland and the United States and trained as a Physicist, initially Ambassador Fareed Yasseen carried out research in Europe and the United States before getting involved in political activism and human rights advocacy. He has worked and consulted for various UN agencies and think tanks. He has served as Head of Policy Planning for the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Diplomatic Adviser to Deputy President Adil Abd al-Mahdi; and Iraqi Ambassador to France from 2010-2016. He is a member of the American Physical Society and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Sponsors: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Contact: Liz Flanagan