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Nicholas Burns on CNBC: Iraq's move into Kirkuk was 'big push' against Kurdish nationalism

| Oct. 18, 2017

Former ambassador Nicholas Burns, Harvard Kennedy School professor, predicts a 'fractured' Iraq for the next five or ten years.

Iraq's move into Kirkuk was 'big push' against Kurdish nationalism: Former ambassador from CNBC.

Nicholas Burns guest hosts on CNBC's Squawk Box. 

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For Academic Citation: “Nicholas Burns on CNBC: Iraq's move into Kirkuk was 'big push' against Kurdish nationalism.” CNBC, October 18, 2017.

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Nicholas Burns

Nicholas Burns

  • United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
  • Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Faculty Chair, Future of Diplomacy Project
  • Faculty Chair, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
  • Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
  • Director, American Secretaries of State Project
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