In July 2017, WYLN’s Mariette Hagglund visited the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) where she spent a month working with the Barzani Charity Foundation (BCF). She spent time in Mosul helping deliver humanitarian supplies to Mosuli’s. Mariette also met with a number of officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government, NGO organizations, and with BCF’s Awat

On December 14th 2016, WYLN’s advisor Tea Ivanovic attended the conference “Tolerance, Life; Terror Threats and the Experience of Co-Existence in the Kurdistan Region” held in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. The conference was organized by the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and inaugurated by Prime Minister, Nechirvan Barzani;  Soran

The Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) organized the 4th annual Transatlantic Economic Forum on December 5 and 6 2016, co-organized in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In addition to a range of U.S. companies, political, think-tank, and academic elite, this

On November 29th 2016, the Center for Transatlantic Relations, in partnership with the Kurdistan Regional Government and the U.S.- Kurdistan Business Council, hosted the conference “Business Opportunities in Iraqi Kurdistan.” The whole-day event featured many prominent speakers, including Kurdistan Regional Government representatives and those representing the private sector, and U.S Department of State. The conference

On October 20th 2016, the Center for Transatlantic Relations, in partnership with the Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States, hosted the event: “From Tribe to Nation: Iraqi Kurdistan on the Cusp of Statehood.” The event held the name of an article published by Amberin Zaman, a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson