Katherine Tiedemann: All Publications, Events and Press

This Isn't What We Hoped For | Indianapolis Star

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:57:00 -0500

But Mayer and the nonprofit New America Foundation report that more US drone strikes were launched in Pakistan during the first nine months of the Obama ...

War Unchecked | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:54:00 -0500

... strikes in Pakistan this year and killed, besides Mr. Mehsud, somewhere between 200 and 300 people, according to a study by the New America Foundation. ...

Death Knell Drones for al Qa'eda | National (UAE)

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:08:00 -0500

The most authoritative assessment of the attacks, by the New America Foundation, estimates that about one third of more than 1000 people killed were ...

Of Fruit Flies and Drones | New York Times

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:55:00 -0500

According to a just-completed study by the New America Foundation, quoted in Mayer's piece, Obama has authorized as many drone strikes in Pakistan in nine ...

Pakistan: Now or Never? | Reuters

Erin Drankoski — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:29:00 -0500

During his first nine and half months in office, President Barack Obama has authorised as many CIA aerial attacks in Pakistan as George W. Bush did in his final three years, according to a study done by the New America Foundation. So far this year, the administration has sanctioned at least 41 CIA missile strikes inside Pakistan -- a rate of approximately one bombing a week. ... Original Article

One Year of The One | The Economist

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:24:00 -0500

... Yet roughly once a week since that day, he has ordered the assassination of suspected terrorists. These assassinations, carried out with Hellfire missiles fired from hovering drones, are often messy. According to the New America Foundation, a think-tank, it took 15 attempts to kill Baitullah Mehsud, a Taliban leader in Pakistan who was finally blown to scraps in August. Hundreds of people, some of them

Hillary Clinton Wraps Up Tough Mission in Pakistan | The Guardian (London)

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:37:00 -0400

But one recent study by the New America Foundation estimated that US drones have killed between 750 around 1000 people in Pakistan since 2006, ...

Pakistan Drone War Takes a Toll on Militants -- and Civilians

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:07:00 -0400

The Obama administration has dramatically ratcheted up the American drone warfare program in Pakistan. Since President Obama took office, U.S. drone strikes have killed about a half-dozen militant leaders along with hundreds of other people, a quarter of whom were civilians.

As a result of the unprecedented 42 strikes by drone aircraft into Pakistan authorized by the Obama administration, aimed at Taliban and al Qaeda networks based there, about a half-dozen leaders of militant organizations have been killed.

Remote-Control Drone Attacks Risk Losing 'Hearts and Minds' of Civilians in Pakistan| FOXNews

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:50:00 -0400

A new study from the New America Foundation found that with 41 drone strikes under his watch in Pakistan, President Obama has "dramatically increased" the ...

The Imaginary Republic of Extremistan | The News (Pakistan Daily)

Erin Drankoski — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:11:00 -0400

Of the different estimates, the latest have been made by Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann at the New America Foundation. They estimate the total number of civilian deaths from drone attacks is anywhere between 252 to 316 -- a much lower figure than the more widely cited estimate of civilian deaths made by David Kilcullen and Andrew Exum in The New York Times, back in May this year (700). ... Original Article

Changing Opinion On Drone Strikes In Pakistan | NPR

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:15:00 -0400

In "Revenge of the Drones," The New America Foundation's Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann tallied reports on how many civilians have been killed in ...

Report: One-Third of People Killed in Pakistan Drone Strikes Are Civilians | The Washington Independent

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:58:00 -0400

The New America Foundation's Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann have a new report out tallying how many civilians ...

Up to 320 Civilians Killed in Pakistan Drone War: Report | Wired News

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:26:00 -0400

The number could be as high as 320 innocents, according to an analysis released today by the New America Foundation. That's about a third of the 1000 or so ...

Revenge of the Drones

American Strategy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:00:00 -0400

As a result of the unprecedented 41 drone strikes into Pakistan authorized by the Obama administration, aimed at Taliban and al Qaeda networks based there, about a half-dozen leaders of militant organizations have been killed--including two heads of Uzbek terrorist groups allied with al Qaeda, and Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban--in addition to hundreds of lower-level militants and civilians, according to our analysis.[1]

AfPak | The New Yorker

Erin Drankoski — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:52:00 -0400

According to a just completed study by the New America Foundation, the number of drone strikes has risen dramatically since Obama became president. During his first nine and a half months in office, he has authorized as many CIA aerial attacks in Pakistan as George W. Bush did in his final three years in office. The study's authors, Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann, report that the Obama administration has sanctioned at least forty-one CIA missile strikes in Pakistan since taking office -- a

What the White House’s AfPak Metrics List Doesn’t Say

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:51:00 -0400

The White House's list of about 50 metrics to evaluate progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which it assembled to calm rising fears in Congress and the public about the Obama administration's increasingly embattled war strategy, is up on ForeignPolicy.com (with a more legible version here). The draft list, dated Sept. 16, 2009 and delivered to a closed congressional

Drone Attacks in Tribal Pakistan Force al-Qaeda into Urban Areas | Times Online (U.K.)

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:52:00 -0400

... According to Katherine Tiedemann, a policy analyst on counter-terrorism strategy at the New American Foundation think-tank in Washington, part of the reason for this was that al-Qaeda had retreated to urban compounds to make it more difficult for armed drones to attack them. ... Original Article

More Troops Needed for Afghan War

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:17:00 -0400

CNN's Barbara Starr reported last week that Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is expected to ask the Obama administration for additional troops and equipment for conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as more military resources to deal with roadside bombs and explosives.

How Many Gitmo Prisoners Return to Fight?

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:43:00 -0400

As President Obama awaits formal recommendations this month on issues surrounding the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, it is crucial that policymakers and the public have an accurate picture of the threat to the United States posed by those detainees already released.

Guantanamo: Who Really 'Returned to the Battlefield'?

American Strategy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:03:00 -0400

As President Obama receives formal recommendations in the coming months on issues surrounding the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, it is crucial that policymakers and the public have an accurate picture of the threat to the United States posed by those detainees already released. Contrary to recent assertions that one in seven, or 14 percent, of the former prisoners had "returned to the battlefield," our analysis of Pentagon reports, news stories, and other public records indicates that the number who were confirmed or suspected to be involved in anti-U.S.