Myles B. Caggins III

Myles B. Caggins III is a retired U.S. Army Colonel with a distinguished career. He served as the Senior Spokesperson for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria, completing three combat tours in the region. Colonel Caggins holds the position of Senior Nonresident Fellow at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, where he specializes in public information warfare, U.S.-Kurdish relations, and the ISIS threat. His previous roles include a national security fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and a U.S. Army military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Colonel Caggins is a prominent commentator on global security issues, particularly on Arabic and Kurdish networks. He is founder and CEO of Words Warriors LLC a translation, public relations, and business advising company with offices in New York City and Erbil, Iraq. He earned a master’s degree in public relations from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in history from Hampton University. He is a life member in the Council on Foreign Relations and the CEO of Words Warriors LLC.