Sam Ratner writes The World's Critical State newsletter.
Sam Ratner writes Inkstick Media's Critical State newsletter.
He is also a contributing editor Zitamar News and graduate a of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
Sam writes about civil wars, statebuilding, southern Africa and progressive security policy.
Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into the sudden proliferation of undemocratic shifts in state control that has reignited a series of debates about coups.
In this week's Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, Sam Ratner takes a deep dive into new research on what happens when Chinese political prisoners make an appeal to an international audience.
Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive into why protests led to military interventions in Bahrain, Syria, Libya, and Yemen, and how those interventions played out.
How do philanthropic foundations get involved in international climate policy — and what kinds of reforms do they favor? Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive into this question this week.
What happens when major philanthropy tries to influence the international system? This week's Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, tackles this question.
Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into the security effects of keeping orderly budgets. Fighting a war requires raising money, and raising money requires convincing potential donors and lenders that you’re a good investment risk.
Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into the effect that central banking can have on conflict.
Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive into the "whole-of-government" approach to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive into how the implementation of whole-of-government counterinsurgency varied between the Swedish and German experiences in the war in Afghanistan.
Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive into how the US military might be bad for the planet: It's the single-largest petroleum consumer in the world and is also the largest greenhouse gas emitter.
Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive into the political and climate risks of fossil fuel production.