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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 05, 2024
Worrying Water Levels at Kyrgyzstan’s Critical Toktogul Reservoir
By Catherine Putz

February 28, 2024
US Puts Additional Central Asian Companies on Russia Sanctions List
By Catherine Putz

February 27, 2024
Afghanistan Under the Taliban: Recognition, Security, and Geopolitics
By Catherine Putz and Ankit Panda

February 27, 2024
Karakalpak Activist Muratbai Given Asylum Seeker Status in Kazakhstan
By Catherine Putz

February 23, 2024
Reflections on a Decade in Asian Geopolitics
By Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz

February 23, 2024
In Farcical Vote, Kyrgyz ‘Foreign Representative’ Law Moves Ahead Again
By Catherine Putz

February 21, 2024
Prominent Karakalpak Activist Aqylbek Muratbai Facing Extradition From Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan
By Catherine Putz

February 09, 2024
Smugglers and Scammers Make Wild Promises to Uzbeks Desperate to Reach US
By Catherine Putz

February 08, 2024
Controversial Kyrgyz ‘Foreign Representatives’ Bill on Cusp of Becoming Law
By Catherine Putz

February 07, 2024
Bishkek’s Ever Problematic Power Plant Explodes
By Catherine Putz

February 07, 2024
Kyrgyz Media Under Increasing Pressure, But ‘Kloop Will Continue Its Work’
By Catherine Putz
