Kate Kizer
Policy Director, Win Without War (website)
twitter: @KateKizer
email: kate [at] winwithoutwar [dot] org
Policy Director, Win Without War (website)
twitter: @KateKizer
email: kate [at] winwithoutwar [dot] org
Middle East | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
Kate Kizer is Policy Director at Win Without War. Previously, she was the Director of Policy and Advocacy at The Yemen Peace Project, which works to promote understanding between Americans and Yemenis and to advocate for a peaceful, constructive foreign policy. Earlier, she worked an US Advocacy Officer for Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain.
Kizer has worked on human rights and democratization in the Middle East for nearly ten years. She 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. Her writing and commentary have been featured in numerous news outlets, including Reuters, Al Jazeera America, Middle East Eye, OpenDemocracy, and the Huffington Post.
Recent Publications:
Kate Kizer is Policy Director at Win Without War. Previously, she was the Director of Policy and Advocacy at The Yemen Peace Project, which works to promote understanding between Americans and Yemenis and to advocate for a peaceful, constructive foreign policy. Earlier, she worked an US Advocacy Officer for Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain.
Kizer has worked on human rights and democratization in the Middle East for nearly ten years. She 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. Her writing and commentary have been featured in numerous news outlets, including Reuters, Al Jazeera America, Middle East Eye, OpenDemocracy, and the Huffington Post.
Recent Publications:
- "The Case for a Post 9/11 Truth Commission," Inkstick, September 18, 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.
- “A U.S. Grand Strategy for a Values-Driven Foreign Policy,” in New Voices in Grand Strategy, February 2019.
- "Congress Poised to Move Forward With Bold Agenda on Yemen," LobeLog, Feb. 8., 2019.
- "The Senate Takes a Step to Void America’s Blank Check to the Saudis," Defense One, Nov 29, 2018.
- “Trump Runs PR for the Saudis but Congress Can Shut Him Down,” Lobelog, Nov 26, 2018.
- "The Votes Are There for a Congressional Reckoning on Yemen," Just Security, Nov 21, 2018."Congress Must Stop UAE, Saudi-led Military Offensive in Yemen," Win Without War, June 12, 2018.
- "The Lesson the Trump Administration has Failed to Learn about Yemen," Just Security, March 12, 2018.