Climate Change Impacts Women's Lives Around the World
Climate change impacts everyone on the planet. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional stress on our communities and our economies, making both increasingly brittle with each…
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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.
The Blame Game: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Last week on Deep Dive, we looked at new research on whether insurgents…
Preparing For Gen Z To Enter the National Security Community
It has been a year — said in that typical Gen X way. Fifty-two weeks, give or take, since the old reality abruptly halted for a new one. Habitual routines shifted to make new routines —…
The Unmistakable Double Standard of US Foreign Policy
What is the point of a rules-based international order if the rules are not applied to all? This is the question that is often raised by critics of US foreign policy both inside and outside…
Closing the Gaps in Cybersecurity
Prior to the Biden administration’s recent announcement of the nomination of Chris Inglis to serve as the inaugural National Cyber Director (NCD), debates swirled in cybersecurity policy…
The Crisis Powerful Militaries Can’t Combat
When the US Trafficking in Persons report for 2021 is published next month, expect it to reaffirm what past reports have: that the war on human trafficking is like the war on terrorism —…
South Korea’s No Good Very Bad Year
South Korea is accustomed to positive international publicity, usually merited. BTS, Blackpink, “Parasite,” “Minari,” and K-dramas undergird cultural soft power. The…
The 'Naming and Shaming' Prosecutions of Venezuela
Since at least 2010, the US Department of Justice has been conducting a broad-ranging criminal investigation into crimes committed by Venezuelan former and current officials and…
Can Teleworking Be Done In the National Security Environment?
Can the national security workforce telework? Those who have worked in classified spaces have been unable to telework due to the sensitivities of their work. The defense and intelligence…
How to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons: Part IV
So far we’ve looked at the lack of factual support for our ideas about nuclear weapons. We’ve examined the severe limitations on their military utility. And we’ve seen that nuclear…