open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... On 9/2, Judge Breyer blocked Trump’s CA Guard deployment, ruling Trump & Hegseth violated the law. Last month, The Steady State filed an amicus brief warning how misuse of troops erodes democracy—amplifying Justice Robert Jackson’s Steel Seizure warning.
Thanks for the rapid update, shedding light on China’s rapid nuclear buildup. One quibble: It’s not clear how this violates China’s obligation to “pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to” end the arms race and nuclear disarmament. It’s such a low bar.
Making Americans Die from Preventable Diseases Again — MADPA www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
I wonder if they did a legal analysis. Did they claim self-defense? Did they rely on the 2001 authorization for the use of military force against terrorists and the designation of Tren de Aragua as a terrorist organization? Either one strains credulity.
An estimated 450,000 people have died because of the abrupt cuts to the United States Agency for International Development. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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That’s easy: Impediment.
The National Academies of Science and Medicine have issued a joint statement urging federal leaders to respect and safeguard the integrity and objectivity of federal statistical agencies and the information they produce. Somehow I don't think it will have much impact.
A longtime practitioner of multilateral nuclear diplomacy, Mark Goodman, explains how divergent views about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are often due to misunderstandings about the treaty itself, which must be reconciled for it to remain a key instrument of the international nuclear order.️
My latest article in the @thebulletin.org. This one is about the landmark 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the foundation of of international efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Let me know what you think. thebulletin.org/2025/08/comm...
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This is a must read: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
They made a podcast based on my post about the dismantlement of USAID. It’s AI-generated, which I thought might be a bit creepy, but I think it turned out well. substack.com/@steadystate...
And don’t forget the cost exchange ratio: can I maintain defense effectiveness at a lower cost than the adversary’s countermeasures?
A Steady State Deep Dive - Militarization of our Streets is Unamerican What's with the militaristic presence and conduct of ICE? An analysis from a former Green Beret.
"This dismantling of foreign assistance does next-to-nothing to reduce the budget deficit, but will lead to suffering and death in many countries and cedes critical U.S. prestige and influence to Russia and China." open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
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A Steady State Deep Dive- The GHW Bush Years - Proof That Coherent, Integrated Foreign Policy Decision-Making Is Possible open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
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July 11, 2025 - A Sad Day for American Diplomacy The blatant politicization of the State Department: "This self-inflicted lobotomy will harm U.S. interests around the world for many years."
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My first post on BlueSky, a repost of a piece for @steadystatevets.bsky.social on last Friday's firings at the State Department: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Are there any plans for an organized or collective response? The draft makes a lot of legal and factual claims that are open to dispute, but I'm not in a position to fact check.