Katherine Tiedemann

Policy Analyst, Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative
tiedemann@newamerica.net
 
Katherine Tiedemann

Katherine Tiedemann is a policy analyst in the Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, where she studies Afghanistan, Pakistan, and issues of transnational terrorism. Prior to joining the Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, she worked with the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at New America on reducing the role of nuclear weapons in international security. Before starting with the American Strategy Program, Ms. Tiedemann was a Research Associate for New America’s Fellows Program on issues ranging from global governance and the war on terror to the Cold War and Middle Eastern politics.

Previously, Ms. Tiedemann worked as a research assistant to Prof. James T. Hamilton at Duke University regarding funding for political action committees and political participation. She has also worked as an intelligence analyst for the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Duke University, where she studied public policy, history, and journalism. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, and The New Republic, and she is the deputy editor of the AfPak Channel on ForeignPolicy.com (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/afpak), where she writes the AfPak Daily Brief, a daily synthesis of the news from and about Afghanistan and Pakistan (http://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/dailybrief).

 

Publications

Article | Dec 4, 2009 | ForeignPolicy.com
Policy Paper | Oct 19, 2009 | New America Foundation
Article | Sep 16, 2009 | ForeignPolicy.com
Article | Aug 4, 2009 | CNN.com
Article | Jul 20, 2009 | CNN.com
Article | Jun 3, 2009 | The New Republic
Article | May 29, 2009 | New York Times
Article | Feb 15, 2009 | Washington Post

Events

Event | Mar 3, 2008

Press

In the News Item | Feb 2, 2010 | CNN
In the News Item | Jan 25, 2010 | Asia Times
In the News Item | Jan 17, 2010 | New York Times
In the News Item | Jan 9, 2010 | Newsweek
In the News Item | Jan 8, 2010 | Foreign Policy
In the News Item | Dec 21, 2009 | The News (Pakistani Daily)
In the News Item | Dec 18, 2009 | National Post
In the News Item | Dec 11, 2009 | Christian Science Monitor