Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow
Brian Katulis is a Senior Fellow at American Progress. At the Center, his work examines U.S. national security policy in Middle East with a focus on Iraq. He is also a Senior Advisor to the Center’s Middle East Progress project.
Prior to joining the Center, Katulis lived and worked in the Middle East for the National Democratic Institute and Freedom House, including projects in Egypt, Iraq, and the Palestinian territories. From 2000 to 2003, he worked as a senior associate at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research. He has published articles in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science Monitor among other publications. Katulis received a graduate degree from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs.
Articles by Brian Katulis
- The United States Can Do More for Iraqi Refugees , April 30, 2008
- Dealing with Militants , April 29, 2008
- Transforming U.S. Policy Toward Pakistan , April 16, 2008
- Strategic confusion , April 11, 2008
- Hazy Iraq Benchmarks: Political Success Requires Implementation , April 8, 2008
- How Does This End?: Strategic Failures Overshadow Tactical Gains in Iraq , April 2, 2008
- Resurging Iraqi Violence: Shi’a Civil War Only One of Many , March 26, 2008
- U.S. must end support for new Sunni militias , March 21, 2008
- Strategic Redeployment: A New Policy for Iraq , March 18, 2008
- Iraq Invasion Anniversary Countdown: Conservatives Jump the Gun, Again , March 17, 2008
- The Collapsing Myth of the Surge , February 28, 2008
- Pakistan’s Enduring Challenges: Threats to U.S. Security Remain , February 22, 2008
- Pakistan: The Next Steps , February 20, 2008
- Election May Lead to Change in U.S. Pakistan Policy , February 19, 2008
- Turning a Corner: Pakistan Elections Offer Promise , February 19, 2008
- Pakistan's Leap of Faith , February 19, 2008
- Elections Aren’t Everything: Post-Election Uncertainty in Pakistan Is Assured , February 14, 2008
- Awakening to New Dangers in Iraq: Sunni “Allies” Pose an Emerging Threat , February 13, 2008
- Clock Ticks on Two Time Bombs: Attacks in Iraq Raise Questions about Surge , January 24, 2008
- After the Surge: U.S. Army Chief of Staff Casey Is Right to Be Worried , January 17, 2008
- Our Ally in Islamabad , January 14, 2008
- Our Pakistan Problem: Turmoil Requires a Shift in U.S. Policy , January 11, 2008
- Four Ticking Time Bombs , January 10, 2008
- Getting Pakistan Right: Postponed Elections Are an Opportunity , January 3, 2008
- Democracy Sidetracked Again , December 28, 2007
- Pakistan Front and Center: Bhutto Assassination Adds to Crisis , December 27, 2007
- Pakistan: Air of uncertainty , December 27, 2007
- Tricks of the Trade , December 17, 2007
- The Pakistan Challenge: The U.S. Cannot Fail Here , December 14, 2007
- Choosing the Annapolis Road , December 11, 2007
- Making Annapolis Work: Middle East Summit Requires Follow Up , November 26, 2007
- Strategic Drift , November 15, 2007
- Have we turned the corner in Iraq? , November 12, 2007
- Iraq Neighbors Summit Strategies , November 2, 2007
- Ten Questions for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the Middle East , October 23, 2007
- Up to the Same Old Tricks , October 23, 2007
- Tensions Peak in Northern Iraq , October 17, 2007
- Asking for Help on Iraq Reconstruction , September 24, 2007
- The Future of Iraq , September 14, 2007
- Much Ado About Nothing , September 13, 2007
- How to View the Report on the Surge , September 8, 2007
- Another Surge, This Time in Middle East Diplomacy , September 7, 2007
- Key Questions on Iraq , September 7, 2007
- Deploying All Diplomatic Hands to Break Iraq’s Political Deadlock , August 20, 2007
- Diplomatic Surge for Iraq , August 9, 2007
- Arming All Sides , July 20, 2007
- Sweeping Change Needed, Not More Tinkering , July 16, 2007
- Iraq Study Group’s Recommendations Overtaken by Events in Iraq , July 11, 2007
- Make a Pullout from Iraq Part of U.S. Strategic Reset , July 11, 2007
- Bush’s Talk in Cleveland: Don’t Believe the Head Fake , July 10, 2007
- Motivating Iraq's Neighbors to the Table , July 9, 2007
- For Iraq's Neighbors, the Gift of Fear , July 6, 2007
- Iraq Four Years Later , July 2, 2007
- Wrongheaded Iraq Escalation , June 27, 2007
- Strategic Reset: Reclaiming Control of U.S. Security in the Middle East , June 25, 2007
- Averting a Deeper Crisis in the Middle East , June 15, 2007
- Killing the Patient: Iraq’s Security Forces are Part of the Problem , June 11, 2007
- U.S. Must Lead for Middle East Progress , May 28, 2007
- Curbing the Lebanese Violence , May 21, 2007
- New Aims, Not Blame, for Iraq , March 26, 2007
- National Security Above All , March 14, 2007
- Think Local, Act Regional , March 9, 2007
- Christians Threatened in Iraq , March 7, 2007
- A New Way Forward in Iraq , February 26, 2007
- Resolution Time: Congress Can Push Iraq Redeployment , February 12, 2007
- Stop the Surge: Escalating the War in Iraq is Wrong , January 11, 2007
- U.S. must resist 'military surge' and push for 'diplomatic surge' , January 4, 2007
- The Critical Choice in Iraq: A Diplomatic Surge and a Strategic Redeployment or Military Escalation , December 27, 2006
- Highlight: Strategic Redeployment , November 8, 2006
- What’s Really Scary: Staying the Course Boosts Terrorism , October 31, 2006
- Meet the New Iraq Plan , October 25, 2006
- Twenty Questions on Iraq , September 13, 2006
- Changing Direction in Iraq: The Case for Redeployment , June 20, 2006
- Striking the Right Balance in Iraq , May 5, 2006
- Strategic Redeployment 2.0 , May 1, 2006
- All , March 27, 2006
- America in Iraq Three Years Later , March 19, 2006
- America's Unfinished Debate on Iraq , January 30, 2006
- Memo to the Community on Iraq , December 15, 2005
- Memo to the Community on Iraq and the War on Terror , December 6, 2005
- Strategic Redeployment , September 29, 2005
- Strategic Redeployment , September 29, 2005
- Three Keys to the Cowed Arab Media , May 24, 2005
- Use Free Trade Agreements to Fight Corruption and Promote Democracy , March 16, 2004

