Kathryn Dunn Tenpas writes that the high rate of turnover in high-level positions in the Trump administration has been especially acute on the National Security Council (NSC). This instability, she argues, has greatly diminished the capacity of the NSC to fulfill its mission.
Rarely has the nature of a president clashed more profoundly with the nature of the office and challenged our deepest expectations of the presidency. In their new book, "Unmaking the Presidency," Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes discuss how Trump has changed what it means to be president—and what that could mean for the future.
Anonymous AI is coming. Are we ready? In a new paper for our AI Governance series, Alex Engler makes the case for federal legislation that would put the burden of AI disclosure on companies and political actors, while also mandating a reasonable effort to label bots by the digital platforms.
The Impeachment: Day 1. The impeachment trial should be carefully heard by everyone, but most Americans lack the luxury of sitting through the daily grind of lengthy testimony. So Lawfare and Goat Rodeo are releasing a a daily abridged cut—no punditry, just the unfolding events in the Senate. Listen and subscribe to "The Impeachment" podcast.
Democratic "moderates" are liberal as ever. Leading 2020 Democratic moderates Biden and Buttigieg have taken positions to the left of Barack Obama — illuminating the liberal drift of the entire party. Darrell West told Axios this is "the legacy of polarization."
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