Caroline Wadhams

National Security Senior Policy Analyst

Caroline Wadhams is a Senior Policy Analyst for National Security at American Progress. She focuses on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and terrorism issues and leads the Center for American Progress-Foreign Policy Terrorism Index. Prior to joining the Center, she served as a legislative assistant on foreign policy issues for Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI). Wadhams also worked at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C. as the assistant director for the Meetings Program and in New York as a research associate on national security issues. Prior to the Council on Foreign Relations, she worked at ABC News in New York.

Her overseas experience includes work with the International Rescue Committee in Sierra Leone and two years in Ecuador and Chile. She served as a U.S. election observer of Pakistan’s parliamentary elections in February 2008. She is a 2005 Manfred Wörner Fellow with the German Marshall Fund and a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations. She received a master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Wadhams has been a guest analyst with numerous international, national, and local news outlets, including BBC, C-SPAN, CBC, Voice of America, Al Jazeera, FOX, Reuters, and NPR.

Four installments of the Center for American Progress-Foreign Policy Terrorism Index have been released thus far.

The Terrorism Index I , June 14, 2006
The Terrorism Index II, February 13, 2007
The Terrorism Index III, August 20, 2007
The Terrorism Index IV, August 18, 2008

Articles by Caroline Wadhams

There’s No Success Without Political Progress, February 26, 2010
The Urgency of the Moment, January 27, 2010
Concerns About the Civilian Strategy in Afghanistan, December 2, 2009
Lingering Questions for the President , December 2, 2009
Ask the Expert: Making it Work in Afghanistan, December 2, 2009
Statement on President Obama’s Address to the Nation on Afghanistan, December 2, 2009
Statement on Obama's Upcoming Decision on Afghanistan, November 25, 2009
Our Faustian Bargains in Afghanistan, October 28, 2009
Keep Pushing Effective Governance in Afghanistan, October 21, 2009
Don't Put All the Security Eggs in the Al Qaeda Basket, October 15, 2009
The Wrong Question, September 28, 2009
Watching the Afghan Elections, August 19, 2009
Interactive Map: Leaders of Pakistan's Militant Groups, July 22, 2009
Faces of Pakistan's Militant Leaders, July 22, 2009
Slideshow: Pakistan's Internally Displaced People, June 19, 2009
Interactive Map: Fighting Pushes Pakistanis from Their Homes and Threatens Further Instability, June 19, 2009
Sustainable Security in Afghanistan, March 24, 2009
Partnership for Progress, November 17, 2008
A “Downward Spiral” in Afghanistan, October 9, 2008
The Perils in Pakistan, September 23, 2008
Seven Years After 9/11, September 11, 2008
Musharraf’s Resignation Creates an Opening for U.S. Policy, August 18, 2008
Alarm Bells in Afghanistan, July 4, 2008
Afghanistan Needs More Than Money, June 11, 2008
What to Do About the Terrorist Safe Haven in Pakistan, May 5, 2008
Another Clear Warning: State Department Report Shows Alarming Trend, May 2, 2008
We Need a Plan for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, April 23, 2008
The NATO Summit in Bucharest, April 2, 2008
Pakistani Voters Are Not Yet on the Same Page with U.S. Policymakers, March 4, 2008
An Inside Look at Pakistan, February 28, 2008
Time to Change Course, February 25, 2008
Pakistan’s Enduring Challenges: Threats to U.S. Security Remain, February 22, 2008
Pakistan: The Next Steps, February 20, 2008
Turning a Corner: Pakistan Elections Offer Promise, February 19, 2008
Afghanistan Is Not Iraq, February 19, 2008
Elections Aren’t Everything: Post-Election Uncertainty in Pakistan Is Assured, February 14, 2008
U.S. tinkering in Afghanistan, January 27, 2008
Our Pakistan Problem: Turmoil Requires a Shift in U.S. Policy, January 11, 2008
The NATO Divide: Why the United States and NATO Aren't on the Same Page in Afghanistan, December 27, 2007
Six Questions for Secretary Gates, December 10, 2007
The Forgotten Front, November 6, 2007
The Forgotten Mission in Afghanistan Can Succeed. Here's How., October 5, 2007
The Abandoned Front in the War on Terrorism, September 10, 2007
Toward A Stable Afghanistan: Economic Aid Long Overdue, June 6, 2007
Afghanistan Needs Oversight, March 26, 2007
The Crisis in Afghanistan Deepens, February 12, 2007
Harboring Terrorists, January 18, 2007
Renewing America’s Commitment in Afghanistan, November 28, 2006
Afghanistan Five Years On: No Time to Celebrate, October 6, 2006
A Critique of the Bush Administration’s National Security Strategy, June 1, 2006
Army Equipment After Iraq, April 25, 2006
A Progressive Quadrennial Defense Review, January 24, 2006
Fact Versus Fantasy in Iraq, October 26, 2005
Afghanistan: Four Years After the Invasion, October 4, 2005
Afghanistan: Four Years After the Invasion, October 4, 2005
US Should Set Example on Limiting Arms Exports, March 27, 2005