On Sunday, November 4, 2018, IRIS Fellow and King’s College PhD candidate John Holland-McCowan, hosted a presentation and discussion about...Read more
On Wednesday, October 24, 2018 IRIS hosted Daniel Benaim, a former speechwriter in the White House and State Department and...Read more
On October 21-23, 2018, The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS)...Read more
On Tuesday, October 19, IRIS hosted Dr. Peter Bartu for a discussion on the United Nations, Peacebuilding, and the Middle...Read more
On Wednesday, October 17, 2018 IRIS and the AUIS Entrepreneurship Initiative hosted an open discussion with Yara Salem, the World...Read more
On October 3, 2018, the Institute of Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS)...Read more
The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at AUIS hosted the third session of the Iraq Leadership Fellows (...Read more
On Thursday, April 17, 2018, IRIS hosted a workshop by Assistant Professor Aisha Ahmad from the University of Toronto on...Read more
On Thursday April 5, IRIS hosted a presentation and roundtable led by the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Sulaymaniyah...Read more
The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), in partnership with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) held a seminar...Read more
On Sunday, March 11, IRIS hosted the inaugural IRIS Dialogues titled “Iraq’s Economy in Transition,” a day of panels dedicated...Read more
The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) hosted the second session of the Iraq Leadership Fellows ( ILF )...Read more
On November 28, 2017, IRIS hosted the United States Consul General in Erbil, Ken Gross, at an event titled “Charting...Read more
On November 14, 2017, IRIS hosted the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Iraq, Ramon Blecua, and the Head of the...Read more
On November 16, 2017, IRIS hosted an informal discussion and Q & A session with entrepreneurs in the Kurdistan Region...Read more
On September 17, 2017, IRIS hosted a lecture by Dr. Faleh Jabbar on the topics of “State-building and Nationalism in...Read more
On September 12, 2017, IRIS hosted a guest lecture on foreign policy perspectives of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) referendum...Read more
On June 19, 2017, IRIS hosted a workshop entitled “ Barriers and Opportunities for Entrepreneurship in the Kurdistan Region and...Read more
On May 24 and 25, 2017, LSE Middle East Center , the American University in Dubai , and IRIS held...Read more
On April 27, 2017, IRIS hosted a roundtable entitled “War, Health, and Refugees in Iraq,” in partnership with the Seed...Read more
On December 15th, 2016, the Institute of Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS)...Read more
On December 5 th , 2016, IRIS fellow and PhD Candidate at John Hopkins University James ‘Mac’ Skelton gave a...Read more
Australian politician Wyatt Beau Roy, meets AUIS students to discuss his experience as the youngest ever elected MP in Australia and youngest ever Minister in the Commonwealth.Read more
On September 27, 2016, Dr. Denise Natali, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), delivered a...Read more
On August 15, 2016, IRIS fellow Cameron Bell delivered a lecture on his ongoing research on the KRG-Iran pipeline agreement...Read more
With the start of the Syrian revolution in 2011, and the rise and expansion of ISIS in 2014, yet another...Read more
On May 2 nd , 2016, Dr. Frank R. Gunther, Professor of Economics at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, visited AUIS...Read more
On April 12, 2016, IRIS and AUIS hosted a roundtable discussion with Sayyid Jawad Al-Khoei, Secretary General of the Al...Read more
On March 3, 2021 IRIS and Chatham House held a webinar discussion entitled "The Politics of Displacement in Iraq" with...Read more
On February 16, 2021, IRIS hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with Douglas Jennings, Sub-national Protection Cluster Coordinator for Central and...Read more
