Fighting for Nuclear Disarmament for the Long Haul
It’s a rough time to be working against nuclear weapons. In a few short months, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has once again brought nuclear weapons into the public consciousness, with…
Managing Editor
Sahar Khan
Managing Editor
Sahar Khan (@khansahar1) is an Editor at Inkstick. She is also a research 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.
Why Russian Wealth is So Hard to Find
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its allies adopted an unprecedented set of economic sanctions. As a result, Russian oligarchs, businesses, and even…
Making #NatSec More Inclusive
“We Didn’t Start the Fire” is a column in collaboration with Foreign Policy for America’s NextGen network, a premier group of next generation foreign policy leaders committed to…
Central Asia’s Overlapping Security Concerns
In May 2022, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, traveled to Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Yet, aside from a…
Who Are The Faces of Pride Month?
June has become a dedication to loud corporate campaigns that wash logos in rainbows while pushing superficial messaging. Pride month was built on the activism and the valor of trans people,…
Europe Can Heal a Wounded Global Order If it Unifies
“The Changing of a Continent” is a new column by journalist Kenneth R. Rosen that focuses on the US trans-Atlantic relationship and Europe’s future. Countless stories emerged from…
The Empowerment of Ukraine’s Far Right
“Demilitarization and Denazification of Ukraine” was the justification President Vladimir Putin used before conducting Russia’s “special military operation” into Ukraine, along…
What Top Gun says about the Iran Nuclear Deal
An unspecified US adversary has accumulated uranium stockpiles that exceed appropriate enrichment limits. An elite group of US Naval pilots has been tasked with destroying the adversary’s…
Why More Police Funding Is No Route to Public Safety
In the past six years, police killed roughly 1,100 people annually — or three people a day — in the United States. The consistency of this rate is remarkable. Variations in policy,…
Reframing the Debate on Cybersecurity Regulations
In February 2012, the first significant attempt to set mandatory cybersecurity requirements and response plans for critical infrastructure was introduced in Congress. Unfortunately, it was…