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The Art of No Deal
Why treating diplomacy like a real estate deal is pushing the U.S. deeper into conflict with Iran
Unfit to Command
Trump’s lack of empathy and competence has become a national security emergency.
Sleepwalking Into Danger
How strategic drift and global fragmentation are exposing America to new existential risks
Trump: Big Talker, Pitiful Leader – What Has He Achieved?
Bluster and Bombs are leaving the US Weaker and the Region More Dangerous
A Kremlin Talking Point Becomes an American Accusation
"No, ‘Color Revolutions’ Aren’t What You Think They Are"
Let Me Count the Ways: How Hegseth is Harming the Military
The Steady State | by Adam Wasserman
If the ODNI Won’t Assess Threats, Who Will?Unqualified at the Helm: When Intelligence Stops Informing and Starts Deferring
Unqualified at the Helm: When Intelligence Stops Informing and Starts Deferring
Autocrats and the Broken Window Effect: Global Edition
The Steady State | by Annie Pforzheimer
The Cost of Gaslighting: Trump Must Now Reap What He Has Sown.
The Steady State | by Charles A. Ray
DHS- ICE: The Making of a Paramilitary Force Plain Sight
DHS/ICE: Inside the System Producing Volatile, Unaccountable Federal Agents
Reckless Power: Steering America Toward a Deeper Middle East Quagmire
The Steady State | by Bill Piekney
The Ice Gulag-Power, Surveillance, and Fear Undermine Our Democracy; Push Back.
The Steady State | by James Petrila
Threatening War Crimes: Has Trump Finally Crossed the Line?
The Steady State | Charles A. Ray