Editor in Chief
Laicie Heeley
Editor in Chief
Laicie Heeley (@laicie) is the founder and editor of Inkstick and the host and executive producer of the PRX- and Inkstick-produced podcast, Things That Go Boom. She is also a Partner with the Truman National Security Project. Laicie's work has appeared in well-known newspapers, journals, and periodicals including Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Associated Press, and she has appeared as an expert on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.
The Plague and the Long War
“Neither were the physicians at first of any service, ignorant as they were of the proper way to treat it, but they died themselves the most thickly, as they visited the sick most often;…
Battling a New Era of Disempowerment
Most nights, I put my children to bed. I sing to them. I rub my youngest daughter’s back. After they have drifted asleep, a sense of concern inevitably wells up in my mind. This is…
Bernie, An Anti-War Hawk on Taiwan?
Last week, the endearingly disheveled Bernie Sanders sat down for an interview with the threateningly handsome Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes. During their chat, the (generally) anti-war…
India’s Identity Crisis
Despite having been born in the UK, I am Indian. Saffron, white, green, all the way. I’m a cricket-loving, roti-making, Bollywood song singing Indian. You know, the familiar kind. I…
What I Learned Drinking With Atomic Bomb Survivors
On the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the summer night was filled with the white noise of cicada as myself and my co-workers, mostly senior citizens above the age of 70,…
Trump's Threat to Iran's Cultural Sites Hasn't Gone Away
Think about the cultural sites around the world that are important to you. For most Americans, these sites would include the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial, Mount Rushmore, among…
Arms Control’s Last Stand
Last Wednesday, a clock began subtly ticking, its arms inching toward a dangerous and unpredictable future. In just over a year, on February 5th, 2021, the last remaining nuclear arms…
To Cyber, With Rose Colored Glasses
Arbitrating cyberspace has been a marginal issue in the onslaught of recent foreign policy snafus. Our nation’s top leaders are confused by it, and that confusion has led to a free for all…
The Nuclear Cold War Is Alive and Well
For many, the Cold War ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 or the collapse of the Soviet Union two years later. Yet Russia and the US are still locked in a nuclear cold war.…