Are Crisis Operations the New Normal?

Are Crisis Operations the New Normal?

DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS ALONE, destabilizing events have come at us fast and furious: a global pandemic, the triumphant re-emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Each, on their own, could be described as…

Managing Transition

Managing Transition

… My tour of duty in Washington was from 1989 to 1993 — the first Bush presidency. Many in the current Bush Administration were also players back then — Cheney, Powell, Zoellick, Rice and Andy Card, to name a few. They know…