Emma Sky has led an extraordinary life. Having worked hard to bring about peace between Palestine and Israel she then volunteered to help Iraq, post invasion, in 2003. Within weeks she running a province and later went on to advise the most senior American generals in Iraq.
Emma and I discuss the challenges - internal as well as external - of her position as governor coordinator of Kirkuk, working with the American military, and refinding her purpose.
Emma is also the author of two books: the first, The Unravelling is an insightful account of her experiences in Iraq, explaining what went wrong; A Time of Monsters deals with Emma's post Iraq travels, including the heady optimism and then crushing disappointment that followed the so-called Arab spring.
Emma is now the director of Yale's World Fellows Programme and is the co-founder of the Good Society Forum: https://www.goodsocietyforum.com/ (https://www.goodsocietyforum.com/)
