20 June 2014

Iraq situation could get worse

Dr Malcolm Jorgensen
PhD Graduate, United States Studies Centre

Bloomberg TV

Lecturer Malcolm Jorgensen discusses the crisis in Iraq, the breakdown in the capabilities of the Iraqi armed forces and President Obama sending military advisors to the region.

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Dr Malcolm Jorgensen
PhD Graduate, United States Studies Centre
Malcolm Jorgensen was awarded his PhD in United States Foreign Policy and International Law in 2015, as the US Studies Centre's first resident doctoral candidate. Jorgensen is a former lecturer, tutor and research associate of the Centre. He is now a research fellow of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe Berlin Potsdam Research Group at Humboldt University, Berlin

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20 June 2014

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