THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES DEREK TRAN FOR CALIFORNIA 45TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, today endorsed Hon. Derek Tran for California 45th congressional district. Derek Tran represents California’s Forty-Fifth Congressional District and currently serves in […]

National security is about far more than war. It is the strength of the institutions, laws, alliances, expertise, technology, and democratic norms that protect Americans—and voters should know how to judge whether the people seeking power understand that. This election season, the choices on the ballot will shape how America protects its democracy, confronts threats […]

Host John Sipher sits down with his former CIA colleague Glenn Chafetz, now Director of the 2430 Group, a nonprofit focused on state-sponsored espionage against the economy. Chafetz explains how technology has transformed espionage — from the days of clandestine meetings in parking garages where “if you didn’t get caught red-handed, you didn’t get caught,” […]

THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES TED LIEU FOR CALIFORNIA 36TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, today endorsed Ted Lieu for California 36th congressional district. Ted Lieu represents California’s Thirty-Sixth Congressional District and is currently serving his […]

America does not become stronger by looking stronger. Its power rests on the less visible things that make democracy work: independent judgment, competent institutions, trusted alliances, constitutional limits, and citizens willing to pay attention. The Steady State focuses this week on the distinction between the appearance of strength and the structures that actually create strength. […]