Charli Carpenter


Charli Carpenter is a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a senior research fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and director of Human Security Lab.

Articles by Charli Carpenter
A man carries his son on his shoulders as they walk past graffiti on a wall depicting a Ukrainian serviceman making a shot with a U.S.-made Javelin portable anti-tank missile system.
A man carries his son on his shoulders as they walk past graffiti on a wall depicting a Ukrainian serviceman making a shot with a U.S.-made Javelin portable anti-tank missile system.
A woman sitting inside a bus kisses a man who is standing outside the bus and leaning in the door to kiss her.
A woman sitting inside a bus kisses a man who is standing outside the bus and leaning in the door to kiss her.
Three people huddle together in mourning in front of a large pile of dirt as snow falls.
Three people huddle together in mourning in front of a large pile of dirt as snow falls.
Protesters hold signs including one showing a cartoon of a U.S. soldier handing a child with missing arms a piece of candy, with the caption "Gift."
Protesters hold signs including one showing a cartoon of a U.S. soldier handing a child with missing arms a piece of candy, with the caption "Gift."
A man dressed in a blue tunic and pants gazes out over a view of the city through peaked arches atop a high building.
A man dressed in a blue tunic and pants gazes out over a view of the city through peaked arches atop a high building.
U.S. soldiers fight the Taliban.
U.S. soldiers fight the Taliban.
bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration
bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the situation with Iran in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington on Jan. 8.
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the situation with Iran in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington on Jan. 8.
A 2-year-old Honduran asylum-seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas, on June 12.
A 2-year-old Honduran asylum-seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas, on June 12.
An F-16CJ flies over the Eglin land range as the pilot releases a GBU-31 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition during a test mission on Feb. 25, 2003.
An F-16CJ flies over the Eglin land range as the pilot releases a GBU-31 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition during a test mission on Feb. 25, 2003.
A Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons poster from the 1980s.
A Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons poster from the 1980s.
Daenerys aims her dragon at King’s Landing in HBO's Game of Thrones.
Daenerys aims her dragon at King’s Landing in HBO's Game of Thrones.
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2