Winthrop M. Rodgers

Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme

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Biography

Winthrop Rodgers is an associate fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. He is a journalist and researcher.

Winthrop’s work focuses on politics, human rights, political economy, press freedom, diplomacy, labour and the environment in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.

His past work has appeared in international publications like Foreign Policy, the Index on Censorship, New Lines Magazine, Al-Monitor and The Dial and local independent outlets in the Kurdistan Region. Rodgers holds a MA from Queen’s University Belfast and BA from Bates College.

Past experience

2014Freelance journalist and editor
2021–2022 Project Manager, Metrography
2018–2021Senior English Editor, Nalia Radio and Television (NRT)
2011–2012 MA International Relations, Queen’s University Belfast
2005–2009 BA Political Science, Bates College