Aurélie Gaudron holds a MA in International Affairs and a BA in Political Science, with a specialization in the MENA. She is particularly interested in security and conflict resolution issues in the Middle East (especially Iraq and the Kurdish issue). She has worked at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, IRIS, the General Consulate of France in Erbil (Kurdistan Region of Iraq), the European Union delegation in Lebanon as well as the OSCE.