Kurdistan in America

Season 2 Episode 12 - Interview with Karen Young, a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute

November 30, 2021 Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States Season 2 Episode 12
Kurdistan in America
Season 2 Episode 12 - Interview with Karen Young, a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute
Show Notes

The Kurdistan in America podcast is honored to have Ms. Karen Young as its guest this month.

Ms. Young is a senior fellow and founding director of the Program on Economics and Energy at the Washington DC-based think tank, the Middle East Institute. Previously, she was a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, focusing on the political economy of the Middle East and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

She shares her experience about her recent visit to the Kurdistan Region to participate in the American University of Kurdistan's Middle East Peace and Security Forum, provides her take on the KRG's economic reforms and energy sector, and discusses her role at the Middle East Institute.