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The Scenario Is the Warning
Contested elections, emergency authority, and democratic readiness
All Aboard the Retribution Train
From Intelligence Professionals to Political Targets, No Station Is Off Limits
The Death of Restraint
How outrage, identity, and spectacle are dismantling the guardrails of American democracy
Who’s Really Deranged? Trump’s Favorite Insult Reveals More About its Author Than its Targets
The Steady State | by Mike Mozur
What We Don’t Know About Government Can Hurt Us
The Steady State | by Amb. (ret) Bonnie Jenkins
As We Argue About Red and Blue, the Guardrails Are Disappearing
The danger of mistaking constitutional democratic erosion for political disagreement
Important Stuff to Know About: The Laws of War Still Apply
A Steady State Firepit Publication: Primer on International Humanitarian Law in an Age of Reckless Rhetoric
Papers, Please, America
A young immigrant’s story of finding the American Dream—just as fear, surveillance, and power begin to hollow it out.
A View from An Iranian Observer: Strategic Pressure or Dangerous Precedent?
U.S. Rhetoric on Iran’s Civilian Infrastructure and the Risk of Violating International Legal Boundaries
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