Evan Cooper
@evancooper.bsky.social
I sit in a tank and think about how to make US foreign policy better
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like 75% of American government it is so indescribably insane that no person who ever lived would design it that way on purpose
The modern US budget process is procedurally so fucking stupid
February 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
like 75% of American government it is so indescribably insane that no person who ever lived would design it that way on purpose
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I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
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At long last, a dramatic, committed whole-of-government response to climate change.
Department of Transportation orders all personnel to "identify and eliminate" every order, directive, rule, regulation, policy, notice, guidance document, funding arrangement, or program that even mentions climate change, diversity, or environmental justice
www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
January 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
At long last, a dramatic, committed whole-of-government response to climate change.
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fitting that the first big air disaster after years of loud, insistent warnings that understaffing would cause exactly this outcome, happens at the airport named after the guy who crushed the ATC union
NYT reports an air traffic controller’s seat was empty at DCA last night www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
January 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
fitting that the first big air disaster after years of loud, insistent warnings that understaffing would cause exactly this outcome, happens at the airport named after the guy who crushed the ATC union
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as ever the people of DC deserve better than our federal government
January 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
as ever the people of DC deserve better than our federal government
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I’m really not gonna get heavy into talking politics here, but in my opinion they should turn the government back on.
January 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I’m really not gonna get heavy into talking politics here, but in my opinion they should turn the government back on.
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Beginning to doubt that wokeness is the biggest threat to higher education
January 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Beginning to doubt that wokeness is the biggest threat to higher education
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"The Chiefs dynasty is more annoying than the Patriots ever were" is crazy talk for several reasons, one of them being that the Patriots dynasty forced regular people to think about Boston
January 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"The Chiefs dynasty is more annoying than the Patriots ever were" is crazy talk for several reasons, one of them being that the Patriots dynasty forced regular people to think about Boston
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The only forum that has ever benefited from robust debate is the BodyBuilding Forum thread where they got in a fight over how many days there are in a week
“Is it okay for a social media platform to be an echo chamber” back in the day we had websites and websites were generally focused on a single topic and if you were into that topic you would visit that website and if you weren’t into that topic you just didn’t go on that website and it was fine
December 18, 2024 at 2:48 AM
The only forum that has ever benefited from robust debate is the BodyBuilding Forum thread where they got in a fight over how many days there are in a week
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This story is uh, insane www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
December 5, 2024 at 12:52 PM
This story is uh, insane www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
December 2, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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Lots of people on here now... should probably start having some good takes.
November 15, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Lots of people on here now... should probably start having some good takes.
I had sworn off posting but I spent a lot of time on this @stimsoncenter.bsky.social report and hope people read it so here you go! www.stimson.org/2024/broken-...
Broken Pivot: Examining Changes to the U.S. Diplomatic Footprint in the Indo-Pacific • Stimson Center
The United States has not invested in nor deployed the diplomatic resources necessary to advance its interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
www.stimson.org
November 15, 2024 at 2:05 AM
I had sworn off posting but I spent a lot of time on this @stimsoncenter.bsky.social report and hope people read it so here you go! www.stimson.org/2024/broken-...
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I’m sure others have already observed this but it’s hilarious that an efficiency commission requires two co-chairs
November 13, 2024 at 2:37 AM
I’m sure others have already observed this but it’s hilarious that an efficiency commission requires two co-chairs
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Thrilled to have published a report with my Stimson Center colleagues on the urgent need to secure U.S. nuclear facilities against domestic violent extremist threats
We outline the need for flexibility in the construct of #nuclearsecurity threats to reflect national security priorities #nukesky
We outline the need for flexibility in the construct of #nuclearsecurity threats to reflect national security priorities #nukesky
The Threat from Within: An Overview of the Domestic Violent Extremist Threat Facing US Nuclear Secur...
Domestic violent extremist threats to U.S. nuclear facilities prove that the nuclear security status quo is at risk.
www.stimson.org
November 4, 2023 at 11:48 PM
Thrilled to have published a report with my Stimson Center colleagues on the urgent need to secure U.S. nuclear facilities against domestic violent extremist threats
We outline the need for flexibility in the construct of #nuclearsecurity threats to reflect national security priorities #nukesky
We outline the need for flexibility in the construct of #nuclearsecurity threats to reflect national security priorities #nukesky
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Great new piece from Chris Preble Michale Cohen and Monica Toft, based on their Afghanistan project: what lessons can Israel take from the US experience in Afghanistan?
The Lessons for Israel of America’s War in Afghanistan
How to Avoid a Quagmire in Gaza
reader.foreignaffairs.com
November 4, 2023 at 8:42 AM
Great new piece from Chris Preble Michale Cohen and Monica Toft, based on their Afghanistan project: what lessons can Israel take from the US experience in Afghanistan?
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"Pivot to Asia" is the new "turning the corner in Afghanistan"
October 20, 2023 at 3:19 PM
"Pivot to Asia" is the new "turning the corner in Afghanistan"
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This is excellent.
For @nplusonemag.bsky.social, I wrote about how we're living through the post-9/11 period all over again, in all the worst ways
Have We Learned Nothing? | David Klion
There’s a pervasive censoriousness right now—conservatives denouncing liberals, liberals denouncing leftists, leftists denouncing other leftists—that’s immediately familiar from the days and w...
www.nplusonemag.com
October 12, 2023 at 1:56 PM
This is excellent.
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Yes, multipolarity is emerging. @evancooper.bsky.social
and I wrote for Foreign Policy, drawing on our recent paper to argue that multipolarity is here, and that it isn't necessarily bad for the US.
and I wrote for Foreign Policy, drawing on our recent paper to argue that multipolarity is here, and that it isn't necessarily bad for the US.
Yes, the World Is Multipolar
And that isn’t bad news for the United States.
foreignpolicy.com
October 5, 2023 at 1:45 PM
Yes, multipolarity is emerging. @evancooper.bsky.social
and I wrote for Foreign Policy, drawing on our recent paper to argue that multipolarity is here, and that it isn't necessarily bad for the US.
and I wrote for Foreign Policy, drawing on our recent paper to argue that multipolarity is here, and that it isn't necessarily bad for the US.
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A new paper from @evancooper.bsky.social and I at Stimson, looking at the data surrounding the "multipolarity" debate. We argue that the world is getting more multipolar, but that US strategy is still stuck in a bipolar world.
Assumption Testing: Multipolarity is more dangerous than bipolarity for the United States • Stimso...
Common views about multipolarity and its risks for the United States are misleading
www.stimson.org
October 2, 2023 at 6:32 PM
A new paper from @evancooper.bsky.social and I at Stimson, looking at the data surrounding the "multipolarity" debate. We argue that the world is getting more multipolar, but that US strategy is still stuck in a bipolar world.