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How to Track Santa • "Rudolph's nose does show up on the infrared spectrum"
How to Track Santa
"Rudolph's nose does show up on the infrared spectrum"
www.statecraft.pub
December 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
How to Track Santa • "Rudolph's nose does show up on the infrared spectrum"
99.8% of Federal Employees Get Good Performance Reviews. Why? • Trump's head of talent, on the federal workforce.
99.8% of Federal Employees Get Good Performance Reviews. Why?
Trump's head of talent, on the federal workforce.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
99.8% of Federal Employees Get Good Performance Reviews. Why? • Trump's head of talent, on the federal workforce.
Did the CHIPS "Everything Bagel"...Work? • “Nobody on the team thought we were going to get all these deals done”
Did the CHIPS "Everything Bagel"...Work?
“Nobody on the team thought we were going to get all these deals done”
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December 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Did the CHIPS "Everything Bagel"...Work? • “Nobody on the team thought we were going to get all these deals done”
How to Save Science Funding • “The first time you apply for grant funding, it comes as a bit of a shock.”
How to Save Science Funding
“The first time you apply for grant funding, it comes as a bit of a shock.”
www.statecraft.pub
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
How to Save Science Funding • “The first time you apply for grant funding, it comes as a bit of a shock.”
Statecraft Gift Guide 2025 • Featuring recommendations from the IFP team
Statecraft Gift Guide 2025
Featuring recommendations from the IFP team
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December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Statecraft Gift Guide 2025 • Featuring recommendations from the IFP team
Should the Feds Bail Out Chicago? • “Municipal debt is the history of America”
Should the Feds Bail Out Chicago?
“Municipal debt is the history of America”
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November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Should the Feds Bail Out Chicago? • “Municipal debt is the history of America”
How Diplomacy Works in Africa • “The NSC is like the emperor with no clothes”
How Diplomacy Works in Africa
“The NSC is like the emperor with no clothes”
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How Diplomacy Works in Africa • “The NSC is like the emperor with no clothes”
How to Run New York City • "New York City government is at a scale and pace that is unimaginable"
How to Run New York City
"New York City government is at a scale and pace that is unimaginable"
www.statecraft.pub
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How to Run New York City • "New York City government is at a scale and pace that is unimaginable"
A Statecraft Fall Roundup • The Recoding America Fund, Progress Conference, & a conversation with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios
A Statecraft Fall Roundup
The Recoding America Fund, Progress Conference, & a conversation with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios
www.statecraft.pub
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A Statecraft Fall Roundup • The Recoding America Fund, Progress Conference, & a conversation with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios
Is the Senate Fixing Housing Policy? • "You can’t solve the problem if you’re subsidizing demand and constraining supply"
Is the Senate Fixing Housing Policy?
"You can’t solve the problem if you’re subsidizing demand and constraining supply"
www.statecraft.pub
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Is the Senate Fixing Housing Policy? • "You can’t solve the problem if you’re subsidizing demand and constraining supply"
Why We Don't Build Apartments for Families • "Why is the fridge in a studio the same size as in the three-bedrooms?"
Why We Don't Build Apartments for Families
"Why is the fridge in a studio the same size as in the three-bedrooms?"
www.statecraft.pub
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Why We Don't Build Apartments for Families • "Why is the fridge in a studio the same size as in the three-bedrooms?"
How to Bring Down Healthcare Costs • "Our basic problem is an affordability problem"
How to Bring Down Healthcare Costs
"Our basic problem is an affordability problem"
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How to Bring Down Healthcare Costs • "Our basic problem is an affordability problem"
Trump's H-1B Changes Will Backfire • A quick look at some poor statecraft
Trump's H-1B Changes Will Backfire
A quick look at some poor statecraft
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Trump's H-1B Changes Will Backfire • A quick look at some poor statecraft
What Is America’s Infrastructure Cost Problem? • “I'm part of the problem”
What Is America’s Infrastructure Cost Problem?
“I'm part of the problem”
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
What Is America’s Infrastructure Cost Problem? • “I'm part of the problem”
How to Write the AI Action Plan • Dean Ball: "The Deep State is totally real."
How to Write the AI Action Plan
Dean Ball: "The Deep State is totally real."
www.statecraft.pub
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How to Write the AI Action Plan • Dean Ball: "The Deep State is totally real."
Leninist Technocracy with Grand Opera Characteristics • “What puny civilization are we living in?”
Leninist Technocracy with Grand Opera Characteristics
“What puny civilization are we living in?”
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Leninist Technocracy with Grand Opera Characteristics • “What puny civilization are we living in?”
Four Ways to Fix Government HR • “If you make the civil service more stultified, you have to contract stuff out”
Four Ways to Fix Government HR
“If you make the civil service more stultified, you have to contract stuff out”
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Four Ways to Fix Government HR • “If you make the civil service more stultified, you have to contract stuff out”
Order of Operations in a Regime Change • A review of Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union, by Vladislav Zubok
Order of Operations in a Regime Change
A review of Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union, by Vladislav Zubok
www.statecraft.pub
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Order of Operations in a Regime Change • A review of Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union, by Vladislav Zubok
How to Be a Good Intelligence Analyst • “The first to get thrown under the bus is the intelligence community”
How to Be a Good Intelligence Analyst
“The first to get thrown under the bus is the intelligence community”
www.statecraft.pub
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How to Be a Good Intelligence Analyst • “The first to get thrown under the bus is the intelligence community”
How to Fix Foreign Aid • USAID's former Chief Economist reflects on DOGE
How to Fix Foreign Aid
USAID's former Chief Economist reflects on DOGE
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How to Fix Foreign Aid • USAID's former Chief Economist reflects on DOGE
How Cheaply Could We Build High-Speed Rail? • “Amtrak and the commuter rail agencies have a mutually abusive relationship”
How Cheaply Could We Build High-Speed Rail?
“Amtrak and the commuter rail agencies have a mutually abusive relationship”
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How Cheaply Could We Build High-Speed Rail? • “Amtrak and the commuter rail agencies have a mutually abusive relationship”
Governance Lessons From the Constitutional Convention • How Franklin, Madison, and Washington got things done, from 2022
Governance Lessons From the Constitutional Convention
How Franklin, Madison, and Washington got things done, from 2022
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Governance Lessons From the Constitutional Convention • How Franklin, Madison, and Washington got things done, from 2022
More (Brief) Thoughts On DOGE • What have we learned in the last 3 months?
More (Brief) Thoughts On DOGE
What have we learned in the last 3 months?
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
More (Brief) Thoughts On DOGE • What have we learned in the last 3 months?
How to Predict the Future • Jason Matheny on IARPA, originally published November 2023
How to Predict the Future
Jason Matheny on IARPA, originally published November 2023
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How to Predict the Future • Jason Matheny on IARPA, originally published November 2023
How UK Biobank Was Built • Founding an institution that won't pay off for decades
How UK Biobank Was Built
Founding an institution that won't pay off for decades
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How UK Biobank Was Built • Founding an institution that won't pay off for decades