
Catherine Nzuki is an associate fellow for the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She previously worked for the Project on Fragility and Mobility in the CSIS International Security Program. Prior to joining CSIS, she held internships with No Isolation, a tech start-up, and Oxford Analytica, a geopolitical analysis and consulting firm. Catherine was also an intern with the Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce. She holds a BA in politics with a minor in philosophy from Bates College. Catherine is Tanzanian and has lived in Eswatini, Oman, and the United Kingdom.
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How Ukraine might save American foreign policy from polarization
Catherine Nzuki in The Hill — April 25, 2022
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Africa’s Peace Delegation: A New Chapter for Africa and the Ukraine War
Commentary by Catherine Nzuki — June 16, 2023
The Clerics Forging Peace in the Sahel
Podcast Episode by Catherine Nzuki — April 6, 2023

What Africa Experts Are Watching in 2023
Commentary by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele Catherine Nzuki William Mark Bellamy Mimi Alemayehou Maria E. Burnett Emilia Columbo Ryan Cummings Cameron Hudson and Laird Treiber — March 8, 2023
Addressing Fragility in Papua New Guinea
Brief by Erol Yayboke Bridi Rice Catherine Nzuki and Anastasia Strouboulis — August 17, 2022
The Potential and Limits of the New U.S. Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa
Commentary by Catherine Nzuki and Mvemba Phezo Dizolele — August 17, 2022
Ukrainian Refugees: Forced Displacement Response Goes Fully Digital
Report by Lauren Burke Catherine Nzuki Erol Yayboke and Anastasia Strouboulis — June 23, 2022
The Global Fragility Strategy Gets a Refresh
Critical Questions by Erol Yayboke Catherine Nzuki and Anastasia Strouboulis — April 4, 2022
Global Security Forum 2021
Report by Erol Yayboke Emily Harding Catherine Nzuki and Sierra Ballard — March 7, 2022
Going Green While Building Peace: Technology, Climate, and Peacebuilding
Commentary by Erol Yayboke Catherine Nzuki and Anastasia Strouboulis — March 3, 2022
The Civilian Impacts of a Possible Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Critical Questions by Jacob Kurtzer Catherine Nzuki Erol Yayboke and Andrew Lohsen — February 2, 2022