Katherine Tiedemann

Policy Analyst, Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, New America Foundation

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 a frequent contributor to the political blog TheWashingtonNote.com.

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