What is unfolding before our eyes is a profound crisis of America’s leadership class, the result of elites becoming unmoored from the fundamentals of this nation’s founding and its traditional commitment to building a decent society. the-american-interest.com/2020/06/05/the…

With freedom of speech under assault, the West, both as a polity and as a distinct cultural inheritance, is in the throes of a fundamental battle for the survival of its democratic traditions. ⁦Mollie⁩ ⁦Nan Hayworth, M.D.⁩ the-american-interest.com/2019/03/19/the…

We handed over to communist China the jewels of American technology and industry, while relentlessly educating Chinese scientists and engineers. Via ⁦American Interest⁩ the-american-interest.com/2020/08/04/thr…

Some friendly advice from @nils_gilman on how to avoid a severe constitutional crisis in November the-american-interest.com/2020/08/06/get…

Must read on a few really bad scenarios that may play out if the election results are close.

As I wrote American Interest, the show was at its best showing the strains in both the pro- and anti-ERA movements. Women aren't a monolith—race, class, religion all complicate what's counts as "women's issues." Don't dismiss those questions as a catfight 2/2 bit.ly/3iQxzCd

Many of the conventions that safeguard the integrity of our democratic transition process rely not so much on hard laws but rather on soft norms that have historically limited the abuse of executive or presidential powers. the-american-interest.com/2020/08/06/get…

Wargaming shows that, short of a landslide victory for Joe Biden in the upcoming elections, we may be headed for a severe constitutional crisis. @nils_gilman shares six strategies for averting the worst outcomes. buff.ly/3gBMui6

Our elites learned all the wrong lessons from the end of the Cold War, writes Andrew A. Michta. buff.ly/3konfT0

This is terrible. Voice of America is quietly gutting its international staff, pushing dozens of talented foreign journalists out of the country, with almost no notice. nationalreview.com/2020/08/voice-…

First-class review in American Interest of my @atlanticcouncil colleague Matt Kroenig’s book on why democracy can win. wp.me/p4ja0Z-NA7

Thanks to Mark P. Lagon and American Interest for the fantastic review of my new book! wp.me/p4ja0Z-NA7 Scowcroft Center Atlantic Council Georgetown Department of Government Georgetown SFS

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Thank you American Interest and Ben Judah for hosting the discussion on Dubai and global illicit financial flows. For more information on the role of #freezones in Dubai, see this piece by Lakshmi Kumar : gfintegrity.org/free-for-all-z…

In our interview with BI Fellow Amitav Acharya, he argued that democracies have a clear strategic advantage over autocracies. Now, Matthew Kroenig makes that same case in a new book. via American Interest the-american-interest.com/2020/08/19/who…

Democracy is neither as culturally determined nor as fragile as today's cynics think: buff.ly/2QmNL0Y

Geopolitics is back because of the growing realization in Washington that the China pursued since the end of the Cold War has failed. China’s challenge to the United States, and the West in general, is systemic. via American Interest the-american-interest.com/2019/09/11/as-…