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Catherine Putz
Catherine Putz is managing editor of The Diplomat.
Catherine (Katie) Putz is managing editor of The Diplomat.
She manages the monthly magazine as well as writing on Central Asia and Afghanistan. She writes on politics, security and culture in former Soviet spaces, particularly where they link to greater Asia. Katie also co-hosts The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics Podcast.
Katie is a graduate of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky, where she studied international security and Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in history with a focus on U.S. diplomatic and conflict history. Previously, Katie worked in several positions at the Atlantic Council and as a communications consultant at the World Bank. She is a member of the Military Writers Guild and the National Press Club.

March 06, 2025
Kazakhstan’s Plans for a Regional Sustainable Development Goals Center Backed at UN
By Catherine Putz

March 05, 2025
Japanese Foreign Minister Banned by Russia Over Ukraine Sanctions
By Catherine Putz

March 04, 2025
Uzbek Security Service Shakeup Continues With Dismissal of Internal Affairs Minister
By Catherine Putz

March 04, 2025
Gold Plot Auction Heightens Focus on Chinese Investments in Uzbekistan
By Catherine Putz

March 01, 2025
Misun Woo on Women’s Rights in the Asia-Pacific
By Catherine Putz

February 28, 2025
Is the United States Relitigating Its Grand Strategy?
By Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz

February 22, 2025
DeepSeek and the AI Competition
By Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz

February 19, 2025
Tracking Taliban Travel
By Catherine Putz

February 12, 2025
Turkmenistan Settles Gas Swap Deal With Turkiye, Iran
By Catherine Putz

February 11, 2025
Musk Takes Aim at RFE/RL, to Japarov’s Delight
By Catherine Putz

February 08, 2025
Trump 2.0 in America: Geopolitical Ripples Across Asia and the World
By Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz
