It will be an arch humiliation for the U.S. President to lend his signature to a document such as is being “negotiated” by male ingenue and envoy-in-training Steve Witkoff. Witkoff is being masterfully played in his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He seems not to have the vaguest notion of what he is being […]
Wary of the consequences of taking positions in the media, former US intelligence officials have adopted a more low-key strategy. Not just to carry more weight, but also to protect themselves from reprisals. Published on 17/02/2025 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes Raphaël Ramos US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after […]
Wary of the consequences of taking positions in the media, former US intelligence officials have adopted a more low-key strategy. Not just to carry more weight, but also to protect themselves from reprisals. Published on 17/02/2025 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes Raphaël Ramos US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after […]
The peaceful and prosperous decades since the Second World War – which present such a contrast to the catastrophic interwar period – testify to the wisdom of US leaders and their understanding of enlightened self-interest. Unfortunately, President Trump has quickly sought to destroy the long-established foundations of U.S. economic prosperity and leadership. In October 2024, […]
Initially founded in 2016, The Steady State is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization of more than 270 former senior national security professionals, including former officials from the CIA, FBI, Departments of State, Defense, Justice and Homeland Security. Drawing on deep expertise across national security disciplines including intelligence, diplomacy, military affairs, and law, we advocate for […]
“There’s no better way to get us into a war, perhaps a catastrophic war, than essentially poking out your eyes and numbing your brain, and you’re left with Donald Trump and a few people sitting in the White House winging it, and they’re not competent to wing it,” said Steven Cash, a former intelligence officer […]
[The below comment was formally submitted by the Steady State in response to a proposed rule, now in the public comment phase, which will create a “Schedule F” in the US Civil Service. Although ostensibly to improve “performance, accountability and responsiveness,” the actual intent is clear — to ensure that civil servants are loyal to […]
The Department of State billed the 60th annual Foreign Affairs Day on May 2 as a celebration of six decades of “foreign affairs excellence.” Unfortunately, this year there has been little to celebrate. Through untargeted tariffs, abolition of key agencies, threats to annex foreign territories and denigration of once-shared values, the Trump Administration has alienated […]
A brief recollection of one chapter in our nation’s history tells of great wisdom. In 1861, upon entering office, Abraham Lincoln brought with him two things: one, the idea that a lot of differing ideas and preferences for governing would be useful to him in administering the government in the face of what everyone knew […]