The U.S.-India strategic partnership, cobbled together over the past two decades and hailed as one of the success stories of post-Cold War diplomacy, is unraveling. Every American president since the Cold War’s end, including Donald Trump in his first administration, has worked hard to build what everyone hoped would be an enduring relationship. The author […]
Global Rights Index 2025 The Human Rights Report is not a feel-good exercise driven by unbounded idealism; when researched correctly and reported without prejudice, it serves a unique and strategic purpose of keeping the government aware of simmering dissent and regime instability. In one more act of systematic gutting of traditional and proven tools of […]
The Steady State Judge Breyer Issues Injunction Barring Violations of Posse Comitatus Act – Steady State Files Amicus Curiae Brief Washington, D.C. — September 2, 2025 — Last month, The Steady State filed an Amicus Curiae brief in Newsom v. Trump, a case involving the recent deployment of National Guard troops in California. Earlier today, […]
Welcome to “The Steady State Deep Dive,” a Podcast series addressing vital domestic, regional and global security issues including rule of law, free and fair elections, political civility and transparent policy-making based on facts and sound analysis. This AI -generated Podcast is based on the following post written by Bruce G. Berton and published by […]
Washington, D.C. — September 5, 2025 — The Steady State today announced that it has sent a formal letter to the leadership of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), raising grave concerns about activist Laura Loomer’s apparent influence over sensitive national security matters. In the […]
How Not to Do Diplomacy: The 10 Keys to Failed Negotiations If at first you don’t succeed, quit Diplomatic negotiations are the processes used by the representatives (diplomats) of various nations or organizations to discuss, deliberate, and reach mutually acceptable agreements on various issues. Negotiations involve the exchange of ideas, opinions, and interests in an […]
Can we agree that the actions of the Trump Administration with regard to immigration are, at the very least, morally repugnant? I mean, masked, unidentified ICE agents arresting people at the local Home Depot? Rounding up folks with no criminal record who have been in the U.S. with their families for 20 or 30 years? […]
Russian FSB Hqs, Moscow Welcome to “The Steady State Deep Dive,” a Podcast series addressing vital domestic, regional and global security issues including rule of law, free and fair elections, political civility and transparent policy-making based on facts and sound analysis. This AI -generated Podcast is based on the following post published by the Steady […]
In November, 2024, American voters elevated Donald Trump to be the most powerful man in the world. Not, however, with the majority he claims (which, he insists, gave him a mandate to pursue a radical agenda). He came close, but he prevailed with only a plurality: more voters chose somebody else. But he has brushed […]
The letter below, available at LINK was sent this date. September 10, 2025 Re: Concerning the Department of State’s Promotion of Religion Dear Chairs and Ranking Members: On behalf of The Steady State, a nonpartisan network of over 330 former national security professionals, I write to express grave concern over recent official communications from the […]