Brian Katulis has served as a consultant at numerous US government agencies, private corporations and nongovernmental organisations on projects in over 24 countries, including Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt and Colombia. Katulis completed his BA in history and Arab and Islamic Studies from Villanova University and went on to receive a master’s degree from Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs.
In 1994 and 1995, he was a Fulbright scholar in Amman, Jordan where he conducted research on the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. From 1995 to 1998, he worked for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in West Bank and Gaza Strip in Palestine and Egypt.Katulis has published articles in several newspapers and journals, including The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun and Middle East Policy, among other publications. He is the co-author of ‘The Prosperity Agenda’ – a book on US national security published by John Wiley and Sons in 2008. Katulis speaks fluent Arabic.