like 75% of American government it is so indescribably insane that no person who ever lived would design it that way on purpose

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

At long last, a dramatic, committed whole-of-government response to climate change.

fitting that the first big air disaster after years of loud, insistent warnings that understaffing would cause exactly this outcome, happens at the airport named after the guy who crushed the ATC union

as ever the people of DC deserve better than our federal government

I’m really not gonna get heavy into talking politics here, but in my opinion they should turn the government back on.

Beginning to doubt that wokeness is the biggest threat to higher education

"The Chiefs dynasty is more annoying than the Patriots ever were" is crazy talk for several reasons, one of them being that the Patriots dynasty forced regular people to think about Boston

The only forum that has ever benefited from robust debate is the BodyBuilding Forum thread where they got in a fight over how many days there are in a week

This story is uh, insane www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...

Lots of people on here now... should probably start having some good takes.

I had sworn off posting but I spent a lot of time on this @stimsoncenter.bsky.social report and hope people read it so here you go! www.stimson.org/2024/broken-...

I’m sure others have already observed this but it’s hilarious that an efficiency commission requires two co-chairs

Thrilled to have published a report with my Stimson Center colleagues on the urgent need to secure U.S. nuclear facilities against domestic violent extremist threats We outline the need for flexibility in the construct of #nuclearsecurity threats to reflect national security priorities #nukesky

Great new piece from Chris Preble Michale Cohen and Monica Toft, based on their Afghanistan project: what lessons can Israel take from the US experience in Afghanistan?

"Pivot to Asia" is the new "turning the corner in Afghanistan"

This is excellent.

Yes, multipolarity is emerging. @evancooper.bsky.social and I wrote for Foreign Policy, drawing on our recent paper to argue that multipolarity is here, and that it isn't necessarily bad for the US.

A new paper from @evancooper.bsky.social and I at Stimson, looking at the data surrounding the "multipolarity" debate. We argue that the world is getting more multipolar, but that US strategy is still stuck in a bipolar world.

Ok, it’s CIA story time, because a great forthcoming book revisits the agency’s role in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba and its extensive deception around that — largely the work of its man in Congo, Larry Devlin, whom the CIA honored during its Torture Era.