
Catrina Doxsee is an associate director and associate fellow for the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she analyzes international and domestic terrorism and the irregular activities of countries such as Iran, Russia, and China. Outside of CSIS, she is a member of the editorial board for the Irregular Warfare Initiative at the Modern War Institute at West Point and was the 2021 counterterrorism fellow at Young Professionals in Foreign Policy. Prior to joining CSIS, Ms. Doxsee worked as an associate policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute. She has also conducted research at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins and the U.S. Treasury Department’s Middle East and North Africa Office. She previously served for two years in AmeriCorps as a refugee resettlement caseworker in Pittsburgh. Ms. Doxsee holds a BA in history, with a concentration in military history, from the University of Chicago and an MA in strategic studies and international economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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Que fait le groupe Wagner en Afrique?
Catrina Doxsee in ICI Radio — May 10, 2023
«Война силовиков» в Судане
Catrina Doxsee in Voice of America — April 26, 2023
Semafor Security Newsletter 4/24/2023
Catrina Doxsee in Semafor — April 24, 2023
Catrina Doxsee of CSIS: How Dangerous is Russia's Wagner Group?
Catrina Doxsee in Politics + Media 101 — March 23, 2023
The Wagner Group, Russia’s maybe-private army in Ukraine, explained
Catrina Doxsee in Vox — March 21, 2023
What is the Wagner Group and what does it have to do with Russia?
Catrina Doxsee in 1A — March 16, 2023
Episode 130: The Wagner Group
Catrina Doxsee in Talk Eastern Europe — March 10, 2023
Who is behind Russia’s Wagner Group?
Catrina Doxsee in Al Jazeera — February 24, 2023
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How Does the Conflict in Sudan Affect Russia and the Wagner Group?
Commentary by Catrina Doxsee — April 20, 2023
Putin’s Proxies: Examining Russia’s Use of Private Military Companies
Congressional Testimony by Catrina Doxsee — September 15, 2022
Pushed to Extremes: Domestic Terrorism amid Polarization and Protest
Brief by Catrina Doxsee , Seth G. Jones , Jared Thompson , Kateryna Halstead , and Grace Hwang — May 17, 2022
Massacres, Executions, and Falsified Graves: The Wagner Group’s Mounting Humanitarian Cost in Mali
Commentary by Catrina Doxsee and Jared Thompson — May 11, 2022
Assessing the Pentagon’s Progress on Countering Extremism in the Military
Critical Questions by Catrina Doxsee and Michelle Macander — April 8, 2022
The End of Operation Barkhane and the Future of Counterterrorism in Mali
Critical Questions by Catrina Doxsee , Jared Thompson , and Marielle Harris — March 2, 2022
Tracking the Arrival of Russia’s Wagner Group in Mali
Commentary by Jared Thompson , Catrina Doxsee , and Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. — February 2, 2022
The 2022 Defense and Security Outlook
Podcast Episode by Christine Brazeau , Rose Butchart , Catrina Doxsee , Devi Nair , Suzanne Spaulding , and Makena Young — January 13, 2022

Opening Doors: A Conversation with Grace Hwang and Catrina Doxsee
Event by Catrina Doxsee and Grace Hwang — October 12, 2021
Examining Extremism: Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP)
Blog Post by Catrina Doxsee and Jared Thompson — September 8, 2021