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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.
May 14, 2020
Investigating Dam Collapse a Test for Uzbekistan
By Catherine Putz
May 14, 2020
Askarov’s Final Appeal Denied By Kyrgyz Supreme Court
By Catherine Putz
May 13, 2020
Technology and Policing a Pandemic in Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
May 12, 2020
Kazakhstan Begins Easing Some COVID-19 Restrictions
By Catherine Putz
May 06, 2020
Where Are There Still No COVID-19 Cases? An Updated Analysis
By Catherine Putz
May 06, 2020
Tajik President Replaces Health Minister
By Catherine Putz
May 05, 2020
Remittances to South and Central Asia Poised to Dive Dramatically
By Catherine Putz
May 05, 2020
Dariga Nazarbayeva Dismissed From Top Senate Seat
By Catherine Putz
May 04, 2020
70,000 Evacuated After Breach in Uzbek Dam, Investigation Into Failure Launched
By Catherine Putz
April 30, 2020
Zero to 15: Tajikistan Finally Confirms First Cases of COVID-19
By Catherine Putz
April 30, 2020
Report Claims Turkmenistan Is Shuffling the Quarantined out of View
By Catherine Putz
