Kate Kizer
Independent expert
twitter: @KateKizer  
email: kate [dot] a [dot] kizer [at] gmail [dot] com  

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

Kate Kizer is a senior non-resident fellow at the Center for International Policy, and a leading progressive foreign policy strategist and writer. Kate has spent nearly a decade in Washington advancing prevention and peacebuilding alternatives to US security policies, with a particular focus on the confluence of human rights, corruption, conflict, and democratic change. She is a columnist at Inkstick Media, and regularly advises policymakers on issues related to US security assistance and conflict resolution.

Kate holds a BA in Middle Eastern & North African Studies from UCLA and a MA in Democracy & Governance from Georgetown University, and has traveled extensively in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Syria. 

Recent Publications:​

• ​"What Yemen Needs Now," War on the Rocks, February 16, 2023.
  
• "Did anyone notice the US military bombed Somalia?" Inkstick, November 23, 2022.
• ​"Where the Rubber Meets the Road in Saudi Arabia," Inkstick, October 24, 2022.
• "Letting Accountability Dictate US-Saudi Relationship," Inkstick, October 21, 2022.
• ​"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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