Coping With a “Coup” Through Memes
Unless you are living under a rock, you have likely heard about the violent siege/riot/coup/insurgency (whatever you are choosing to call it) that took place at the US Capitol on January 6,…
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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.
After the Apocalypse: Cybersecurity
Cyberspace has emerged as the latest domain of conflict and security. The Biden administration is taking office at an incredibly difficult time with surging coronavirus cases, rampant…
The Citizen’s Guide to Sedition
With the US House of Representatives introducing new articles of impeachment, some of President Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters are framing his remarks before last week’s siege of…
Watching Whiteness At Work
On January 6, 2021, many watched, some in horror and others in fear, as a symbol of our democracy — that has not known invasion since 1812 — was overrun by a mob of supporters of the…
Engaging in Political Violence
Ore Koren is an expert on political violence and in October 2020 he discussed the likelihood of the US election becoming violent. In the following interview, Inkstick partner The…
Trump's Worst Pardons
For about a decade, I traveled frequently to Afghanistan (and sometimes to Iraq) as a US government official. I was usually protected by American troops, and occasionally by private security…
What Lloyd Austin's Nomination Really Reveals
For months, people protested against racial injustice, read books to educate themselves, and avowed themselves to be allies. The climate in the United States seemed ripe for watershed change…
The Fragile Peace in Colombia Needs American Support
In November, thousands of workers and students marched in Bogotá. They were protesting rising levels of violence — particularly in rural communities — as well as inadequate access to…
Looking Beyond “Manels”
President-elect Joe Biden made a passionate case this week for the nomination of retired General Lloyd Austin as his defense secretary. Usually, the defense secretary nomination is not…
Biden Can, and Should, End America's Follies in Yemen
If the incoming Biden administration is looking for an easy foreign policy win that is both strategically salient and increasingly popular on Capitol Hill, it should pull the United States…