The Biden administration has taken office at a low point in the US – Iran relationship. How can this relationship improve? Inkstick asked Trita Parsi, Kelsey Davenport, and Ali Vaez for recommendations on how the Biden administration should approach Iran. They all agreed that restarting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was the…
Climate change impacts everyone on the planet. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional stress…
Over the past year, at considerable cost, we’ve learned to live with the virus. With the arrival of…
As of the writing of this piece, the United States leads the world with the most confirmed cases of…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The…
On January 6, 2021, many watched, some in horror and others in fear, as a symbol of our democracy — that has not known invasion since 1812 — was overrun by a mob of supporters of the current president of the United States. As Americans watched the events of January 6 unfold, many could not […]
It has been a year — said in that typical Gen X way. Fifty-two weeks, give or take, since the old…
What is the point of a rules-based international order if the rules are not applied to all? This is the…
The American war in Afghanistan is ending, and not with a bang, but with a whimper. After twenty years of…
Prior to the Biden administration’s recent announcement of the nomination of Chris Inglis to serve as…
When the US Trafficking in Persons report for 2021 is published next month, expect it to reaffirm what…
South Korea is accustomed to positive international publicity, usually merited. BTS, Blackpink,…
It has been almost 80 years since the launch of the Manhattan Project, in which the United States…
Cast in one light, the past year has been a triumph of technology and human ingenuity. We have…