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Kate Kizer
Kate Kizer
Independent expert

twitter: @KateKizer  
email:
 kate [dot] a [dot] kizer [at] gmail [dot] com  

Middle East | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development 

Kate Kizer is a leading progressive foreign policy expert, narrative strategist, and legislative advocate. Kizer was most recently the Policy Director at Win Without War, where she was a key leader in the fights to stop the Trump administration's worst national security impulses, and to push Democrats to adopt bold alternatives. At the forefront of the legislative strategy and grassroots organizing of the recent war powers and weapons sales fights in Congress, Kizer believes her work has helped lay the foundation for future transformational change in U.S. foreign policy. 

Kizer received her B.A. in Middle Eastern and North African Studies from the University of California-Los Angeles, studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo, and has traveled extensively in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Syria. 

Recent Publications:​
  • ​"Congress begins effort to end US role in Yemen war," Responsible Statecraft, June 1, 2022.
  • "Washington's Reversion to Meekness," Inkstick, March 15, 2022.
  • "US foreign policy and the American savior trap," Responsible Statecraft, February 21, 2022. 
  • "Is Congress ready (and willing) to fix the president’s Yemen policy?," Responsible Statecraft, February 4, 2022.
  • "The U.S. Is Wrong on Yemen. Again.," Foreign Policy, February 3, 2022.
  • "Progressive Vision Meets the Proverbial Road in Ukraine," Inkstick, January 28, 2022. 
  • "Humanitarian assistance doesn’t give militarism a free pass," Responsible Statecraft, January 18, 2022.
  • "Will we finally accept that ‘precision airstrikes’ don’t exist?" Responsible Statecraft, December 22, 2021.
  • "It’s Time to Talk About US Illiberalism," Foreign Exchanges, December 16, 2021.
  • "We can't trust the US military to investigate civilian casualties," Responsible Statecraft, December 7, 2021.
  • "'American Exceptionalism' for the 21st Century," Foreign Exchanges, July 26, 2021.
  • "Biden's Choice on Yemen," Inkstick, March 19, 2021.
  • "From Building Bombs to Building Futures: Anew U.S. approach to mass atrocity prevention," Win Without War Education Fund, March 2021.*
  •  "After the Apocalypse: US Grand Strategy," Inkstick, February 3, 2021.*
  • "The Case for a Post 9/11 Truth Commission," Inkstick, September 18, 2020.
  • "Toward a New Approach to National and Human Security: End Endless War," Just Security, September 11, 2020.*
  • "Incrementalism Won't Save Us, Bold Internationalism Will," Inkstick, April 21, 2020.
  • "BuT hOw WiLl We PaY fOr It?, "Responsible Statecraft, March 25, 2020.
  • "Ilhan Omar Turns Progressive Foreign Policy Principles Into Action," The American Prospect, February 13, 2020
  • "The UAE’s Dominant Role in Trump-Era Foreign Policy," The American Prospect, August 2, 2019.
  • "Are you there McMaster? It's me, the American people," Inkstick, May 14, 2019.
  • "Congress Demands End to Yemen War: Now What?", Lobelog, April 10, 2019.​​

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