America’s Climate Security Dilemma
The long National Defense Authorization Act season is upon us. For DC budget wonks, that’s like March Madness, the Superbowl, and the World Cup combined. Okay, maybe not. But if there is…
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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.
Alright Dom, What's Next?
Here in the US, we’re just catching on to the idea of creating a foreign policy that lifts up our middle class, but China’s been at it for decades. On this episode, we dig into China’s…
We Need to Talk
Growing up, I spent Sundays with my eyes closed and arms raised in heartfelt praise and worship. My mom’s parents were missionaries, and my dad is a pastor. As a conservative family, the…
Out From Under the Leaking Roof and Into the Rain
One of Biden’s biggest foreign policy moves so far has been sticking with Trump’s Afghanistan withdrawal plan. The move comes after 20 years of war, which killed more…
The Generation Equality Forum Is a Real Opportunity
At a gathering in Kenya in 1985, Angela Davis explained her definition of feminism by citing an event happening just down the road: “When Maureen Reagan comes to Nairobi to represent the…
Arms Control in Today’s (Dis)Information Environment: Part III
When the Soviet Union covertly continued its massive biological weapons program after signing the Biological Weapons Convention in 1972, it disguised programs aimed at the weaponization of…
Cheers to the American Middle Class
Quick, give me the first answer to this question that comes to your head: What TV character is the archetype of the American middle class? Archie Bunker? Homer Simpson? Roseanne Conner? What…
Leaving Work for Parenting Is My Progressive Act of Rebellion
The tense call from my husband came when I was on a break between panels during a US Special Operations conference in Washington, DC. My three-month-old daughter had gone on strike against…
Things That Go Boom: Season 5
The Biden administration says it’s focused on creating a “foreign policy for the middle class,” But what does that really mean? Keeping on keeping on with the way things have always…
Arms Control in Today's (Dis)Information Environment: Part II
When the United States and Soviet Union agreed to begin the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) – the first sustained bilateral negotiations on controlling nuclear armaments held…