The Complicated Case of US Meddling in the Middle East
Malign influence. Destabilizing activities. Proxy warfare. State sponsorship of terrorism. Rogue state. Americans are used to hearing these terms thrown at US rivals in the Middle East,…
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Sahar Khan
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Sahar Khan (@khansahar1) is the Managing Editor at Inkstick. She is also a research fellow at the Cato Institute's Defense and Foreign Policy Studies department. 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, South Asian Voices, and Newsweek.
Battling COVID-19 Behind Bars in Pakistan
By August 2020, roughly 3% of Pakistan’s prison population had tested positive for COVID-19. The Justice Project Pakistan’s COVID-19 positivity monitor for Pakistan’s decrepit…
Why Is It So Hard To Get Americans Vaccinated for COVID-19?
Let me take you to a remote outpost, a community of just a few hundred people more than an hour from the nearest emergency room, where life moves around family and faith, and defiance of the…
The Pentagon is not Infrastructure
On Thursday, news broke that Senate Republicans are seeking to add $50 billion in new Pentagon spending into the bipartisan infrastructure package. This is not entirely unexpected:…
Putting Hiroshima Back in the Box
I had this fundamental insight into nuclear weapons and US society this week: “There is a moral component to most people’s thinking about nuclear weapons — one that goes unnoticed.…
First-Gen in the Academy
Growing up, the sitcom that played in my house was not “Full House” but “Married with Children.” The Tanners were funny, but they were not relatable like the Bundys.…
Reading the Crystal Ball on Biden’s Middle East Policy
“Adults in a Room” is a series in collaboration with The Atlantic Council’s New American Engagement Initiative (NAEI). The series stems from NAEI’s monthly networking events that…
The Battle for Holding US Presidents Accountable for Wars is on
In mid-July 2021, a bipartisan and ideologically diverse group of senators proposed a new bill that, if passed, would dramatically shift the relative amount of power the president and…
The Limits of US Support for Iraq
On Monday, President Joe Biden received Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the Oval Office to strengthen bilateral relations and discuss matters of mutual interest, key among them…
Shoes on the Ground, Not Boots
I recently wrote a memoir about my time serving with the US Department of State in Baghdad’s Green Zone, not because I wanted to, but because I felt compelled to. Compelled, because I also…