China Is No Savior for Myanmar’s Democracy
In late February, as the protests in Myanmar against the military’s Feb. 1 coup deposing the civilian government were gaining steam, Timothy McLaughlin of The Atlantic reported on the…
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Sahar Khan
Managing Editor
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.
Gender Matters in the Military: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. January marked five years since the US military opened up combat arms…
Mercenaries and Money Laundering in Libya
The allegations made in a United Nations (UN) report released in March had the makings of a bad action movie: in the summer of 2019, there had been an $80 million plot under which private…
How to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons: Part I
Surveys have consistently shown that a majority of Americans do not like nuclear weapons and would get rid of them if they could. Yet, policymakers are reluctant to take any action toward…
US Immigration Reform: Deportation and Asylum
Recent attention to large numbers of migrants, including unaccompanied minors, arriving at the border has inspired anti-immigrant activists and politicians to broadly criticize the Biden…
The Leftovers: 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 the situations…
What the Atlanta Shooting Really Highlights
Asian American women understand that the alleged murderer of eight people in Atlanta was acting in keeping with a culture filled with racialized and sexualized views of Asian women. Of the…
Is Taiwan the First Harbinger of the New Order?
Imagine you are friends with a woman in a relationship with a partner who is increasingly belligerent toward her. The police say they can’t do anything until he actually harms her, but by…
The Urgent Need To Review Security Technology
The phrase “move fast and break things” has been the guiding ethos of this era of technological development. Many of the innovations of the last two decades have specifically been aimed…
Ending the Trial of a 'Lunatic'
A little over 10 years ago, I founded a non-profit legal action firm to protect prisoners. Many in the legal profession who I looked up to thought, “pagal ho gai hai” (she’s lost her…