Caroline Wadhams
Senior Fellow
Caroline Wadhams is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. She focuses on Afghanistan, Pakistan, terrorism issues, and U.S. national security.
Prior to American Progress, 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 an assistant director and in New York as a research associate on national security issues.
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 in Afghanistan's parliamentary elections in September 2010 and in 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.
Email: cwadhams /@\ americanprogress.org
Articles by Caroline Wadhams
- The Big Loser at Bonn Will Be Pakistan, December 3, 2011
- Milestones for Transition in Afghanistan 2012–2014, December 2, 2011
- What Former Afghan Leader Rabbani Knew About Pakistan and Peace, October 3, 2011
- How to Prepare Afghanistan for U.S. Withdrawal, August 22, 2011
- The Need for a Political and Economic Transition Strategy in Afghanistan, August 22, 2011
- The Limits of U.S. Assistance to Pakistan, July 18, 2011
- We Need to Clarify Why We're in Afghanistan, June 24, 2011
- After Turkey’s June Elections, June 23, 2011
- Unanswered Questions in Obama's Afghanistan Policy, June 23, 2011
- Five Questions President Obama Should Answer in His Afghanistan Announcement (But Probably Won’t), June 21, 2011
- Decision Time in Afghanistan, June 13, 2011
- Negotiating Afghanistan's Future, June 2, 2011
- A Chance for America and Pakistan to Enhance Coordination to Fight Common Threats, May 4, 2011
- After bin Laden, May 3, 2011
- Good Governance Above All: Learning Egypt’s Lessons in Afghanistan, February 17, 2011
- Outlining a Strategy for Peace: Assessing the Situation in Afghanistan, January 21, 2011
- Afghanistan One Year Later: Tactical Success Without Strategic Progress, December 16, 2010
- Realignment: Managing a Stable Transition to Afghan Responsibility, November 23, 2010
- Afghanistan's Government Needs Reform, October 22, 2010
- Slideshow: Afghanistan's Parliamentary Elections, October 6, 2010
- Afghanistan Heads Back to the Polls , October 6, 2010
- Amid Broader Political Crisis, Afghan Elections Will Resolve Little, September 17, 2010
- Perspectives on Afghanistan's Parliamentary Elections, September 17, 2010
- Why We Should Keep to the July 2011 Timeline in Afghanistan, September 8, 2010
- WikiLeaks Should Push Clarity on U.S. Strategy , July 26, 2010
- Keeping Karzai's Feet to the Fire, July 21, 2010
- What the International Community Should Focus on at the Kabul Conference, July 14, 2010
- Afghanistan's Fluffy Peace Jirga, June 4, 2010
- Assessing Peace Prospects in Afghanistan, June 2, 2010
- Perceptions of Security in the Arab Gulf Region , May 19, 2010
- Governance in Afghanistan, May 11, 2010
- Progress in Pakistan, March 24, 2010
- 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
