When the World Becomes Your Battlefield
Twenty years ago yesterday, just nine days after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush used the phrase “War on Terror” for the first time. Addressing a joint session of Congress —…
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Sahar Khan
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Sahar Khan (@khansahar1) is an Editor at Inkstick. She is also an adjunct fellow at the Cato Institute's Defense and Foreign Policy Studies department and adjunct faculty at American University's School of Public Affairs. Sahar holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Irvine; a MPP from the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago; and, a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University. Sahar's work has appeared in various well-known sources, such as The Diplomat, Axios, The Hill, and Newsweek.
Choose Your Own Adventure: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. In last week’s Deep Dive, we looked at new research on how individuals…
Congress Should Cut US Military Ties With Saudi Arabia
President Biden’s decision to direct the FBI to declassify key documents relating to Saudi Arabia’s connection to the 9/11 attacks is the latest example of his administration’s…
Looking Over My Shoulder
Sept. 12, 2001 was the first day of my politicization. You see, before that I had no reason to be afraid. I was born in Iran and came to the United States when I was about 4 years old. I had…
The Escalating Politicization of the US Military
Last week the Washington Post sent shockwaves around the country when it published snippets from a soon-to-be-released book by two of its star journalists, Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. The…
Closing the Gaps Between Servicemembers and the American Public
We have been a nation at war — sort of. Due to the longest wars in American history being shouldered by a tiny percentage of the population, the vital civil-military relationship has…
Choose Your Own Adventure: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Politics is an inherently social activity, and political science tends…
Coming to Terms with a Cultural Trauma
In the summer of 2001, I was twenty-six years old. I worked in a low-key academic staff position at a suburban Philadelphia university and spent my free time with friends. The headlines…
The Perils of Fighting a Conceptual War
Every year as we approach Sept. 11, I ask my friends, colleagues, friends of friends whom I just met for the first time: Do you remember where you were that day? The thing is, we all…
Doing God’s Work in a Post–9/11 World
José Martinez grew up a devout Catholic. He was an altar boy and lived by the rule of his grandmother in their large family. A Eucharistic pastor, she impressed upon Martinez and his…