Traumas of War Can Drive Consumer Behavior for Generations
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Last week, this column explored how wartime traumas shape the political…
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Sam Ratner is a contributing editor at Zitamar News, where he covers southeast African security issues, and a founding editor of Fellow Travelers Blog. He earned his MPA in international security policy from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He tweets at @samratner.
The Long-Lasting Scars of Japanese American Internment
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. In past weeks, Critical State looked into research on how conflict…
Conflict Researchers on the COVID-19 Era
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. COVID-19 will have lasting effects on almost all facets of life, and…
Illiberalism Isn't Just Rising — It's Spreading (Part II)
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Last week, Deep Dive looked into how policies to restrict civil society…
Illiberalism Isn't Just Rising — It's Spreading (Part I)
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. A whole cottage industry of punditry has sprung up in the last four…
Biology Will Play a Key Role in Our Response to Future Crises
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. How have developing nations responded to COVID-19 and other pandemics?…
When Reform Hasn't Worked: 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 how efforts at police reform can…
When Reform Hasn't Worked: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. The recent history of police reform in America is not encouraging. Some…
The Power of Protest: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Last week, this column looked at some of the electoral effects of mass…
The Power of Protest: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. As the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek…