Brian Katulis is a senior fellow at American Progress, where his work focuses on U.S. national security strategy and counterterrorism policy. For more than a decade, he has advised senior U.S. policymakers on foreign policy and has provided expert testimony several times to key congressional committees, including the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee.
Katulis has conducted extensive research on the ground in the Middle East, where he has lived and worked in a number of countries, including Egypt, the Palestinian territories, Israel, and Jordan. His past experience includes work at the National Security Council and the U.S. Departments of State and Defense during President Bill Clinton’s administration. He also worked for Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Freedom House, and former Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey (D).
Katulis received a master’s degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs and a B.A. in history and Arab and Islamic Studies from Villanova University. In 1994 and 1995, he was a Fulbright scholar in Jordan. Katulis regularly provides commentary on leading television and radio programs, including “PBS NewsHour” and National Public Radio, and he has published articles in several leading newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. He is co-author with Nancy Soderberg of The Prosperity Agenda, a book on U.S. national security published by John Wiley & Sons in 2008.
The Biden administration can rebalance America’s policy in the Middle East through diplomacy, economic statecraft, and security cooperation—all while shifting away from direct military action.
There were important gains coming out of America’s post-9/11 foreign policy, but some important successes came at great strategic, material, and human costs.
The Biden administration signaled an effort to shift overall U.S. policy by prioritizing diplomacy and making some modest shifts on the military front, but key human security challenges loom on the horizon.
Brian Katulis writes about three steps the United States should take in Afghanistan.
A new study of U.S. public opinion shows a common path forward for the country based on national economic development and a more cooperative politics.
Author Brian Katulis outlines what issues must be prioritized by the incoming Biden administration.
Amid stalled negotiations on a second COVID-19 stimulus package, Brian Katulis and Aaron Klein discuss how President Trump's governing agenda guts America's global competitiveness.
Brian Katulis and Gordon Gray explain how the next administration can restore U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa.
Authors Brian Katulis and Peter Juul urge the United States to help Iran address the urgent coronavirus crisis.
The long journey to bring a resolution to the COVID-19 pandemic requires unprecedented actions, but sacrificing our civil liberties shouldn’t be among them.
In order to avoid another costly war in the Middle East, the United States must prioritize diplomacy and a more balanced regional stabilization strategy.
Iran’s central role as an epicenter for the global spread of COVID-19 adds yet another complication onto the already complex set of questions surrounding U.S. policy toward Tehran.
Authors Brian Katulis and Michael Rubin urge American leadership to pursue a creative, bipartisan approach to U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Authors Brian Katulis and Michael Rubin encourage U.S. policymakers to pursue smart diplomacy in dealing with the Middle East.
Brian Katulis and Peter Juul write about Iran's capacity to engage in asymmetrical warfare such as cyberattacks and acts of terrorism.
Trump’s reckless Syria policy makes America less safe and empowers Putin’s Russia.
An innovative study of U.S. public attitudes on foreign policy this year finds a strong appetite for an alternative to the current U.S. foreign policy approach.
CAP releases poll results showing Americans' opinions on American foreign policy under the Trump administration.
How the Trump administration has blundered into confrontation with Tehran.
A new study of public attitudes on U.S. foreign policy issues finds that voters desire more government investment at home to remain competitive in the world.
Authors Gordon Gray and Brian Katulis discuss the need for robust U.S. diplomacy efforts to help resolve the humanitarian crisis and conflict in Yemen.
Brian Katulis and Daniel Benaim outline three ways that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo can use his address in Cairo, Egypt, to reset the Trump administration's flawed policies in the Middle East.
Brian Katulis and Lawrence J. Korb explain how lessons from the Iraq War can inform how Congress approaches U.S. policy in Yemen.
Author Brian Katulis criticizes U.S. President Donald Trump's response to the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
