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:
- "'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.
* Indicates multiple authors