Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/... A partial list of the degree to which constitutional rights are being infringed. This has been part of my research on the decline of democracy worldwide, and the US slide will make a huge difference if not stopped.

Resharing as it did not get wide play when we first put it out via Politico NatSec Daily last spring…

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

"The extremist momentum that has been built since 9/11 is shocking." Love this new @cfr.org series on foreign policy careers. Here, the great @farahpandith.bsky.social tells Ivana Saric about her pioneering work in countering violent extremism. www.cfr.org/article/how-...

Looking forward to getting my own copy of @kschake.bsky.social’s book, and this excerpt certainly whet’s the appetite. breakingdefense.com/2025/09/can-...

NATO’s response to the drones over Poland must be accompanied by spine from Donald Trump. Despite having promised to end the war in Ukraine in a day, he has let Vladimir Putin lead him by the nose

@kschake congratulations! I look forward to reading this very timely history. Just followed you and trying to build up my blue sky alternative as Twitter is just too terrible.

My @cfr.org colleague Paul Stares on what an agreement to end the war in Ukraine would actually require. It’s way more than a ceasefire although Putin hasn’t agreed to even that. www.cfr.org/article/how-...

If you did not read it in hardcover, I highly recommend you peruse the paperback version of this seminal work on the history of far-right extremism by my colleagues @jacobware.bsky.social and @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social

Former senior officials are calling on Congress to investigate a troubling pattern of firings of senior women from top military and diplomatic jobs under the Trump administration. If you share this concern, please call your members of Congress. www.politico.com/f/?id=000001... In Politico on 4/25.

The National Endowment for Democracy has been an effective, low-cost tool to support democracy— with bipartisan support for four decades. See here for the toll of cuts in testimony by @tcwittes.bsky.social and Dan Twining, heads of the Democratic & Republican institutes: thehill.com/opinion/whit...

This letter to Congress resurfaces the pressing issue of firings of highly qualified women in national security. 140 former senior officials seek action as recruitment and retention will likely suffer if these unwarranted dismissals do not stop. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I thought these were the people who are fighting antisemitism on college campuses 🤔

Thank you for this and the AI Bill of Rights, @alondra.bsky.social

My latest piece about the latest firing of a senior woman leader—VADM Chatfield. This is her third assignment with NATO at a critical moment in the Ukraine war and US role in NATO. Her firing is the opposite of meritocracy. www.cfr.org/blog/trumps-...

See Richard Haass's take on all the troubling acts of capitulation to executive branch overreach and malfeasance. Some universities, law firms, and agency heads are heading to the courts to defend the rule of law, but not enough. OpSec (March 28, 2025) open.substack.com/pub/richardh...

Why are women being deleted from DoD and other U.S. websites? Find out here and express your concern to your congressional representatives. Women are a vital part of our national security establishment, and too many women are being dismissed without cause. www.cfr.org/blog/long-pr...

The Trump administration has significantly reduced U.S. foreign assistance for democracy promotion, weakening critical support structures in regions like Southeast Asia, expert Joshua Kurlantzick writes.

"When I asked you how you wanted me to cover..." Here's a journalist who is tight with his readers, and unafraid to ask them for guidance. www.platformer.news/ai-skeptics-... His name is Casey Newton. @caseynewton.bsky.social His site is Platformer. He's an independent. Works for himself.

These stats on the opaque world of private equity show how far into the robber baron era we truly are. And now coming, even less transparency and regs. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/o...

It’s alarming to see what is happening in many newspapers of record, after many decades of agreement on the core principles of sound journalism. An informed citizenry is the bedrock of democracy, and we need to look out for this more than ever. Nieman Fellow ‘01 /3

A few observations: This tool should itself be independently audited for bias before any deployment. Much of AI is trained on biased data sets, and bias is often introduced via design assumptions that are not tested./1

Reliable data, easy to access! What’s not to like? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/b...