Steve Saideman
A couple of weeks ago, I got into a running skeet spat because I argued we ought not valorize a military member for protesting the Trump administration while in uniform. I argued that the US military has long stayed out of politics, and I meant partisan politics, even though it and any govt...
Steve Saideman
Perhaps it is unfair to call Pete Hegseth a bad faith actor since he seems to be a real believer in Christian nationalism. But many of his arguments have been of bad faith--that the standards he applies to others he does not apply to himself. That part makes him fit in really well in the Trump...
Steve Saideman
I am looking for help: with the help of a fantastic RA, Alireza Mamdouhi, I have created a googlesheet to crowdsource a list of violations of American Civil-Military Relations norms by the Trump Administration. My inspiration was hearing about a panel on US civ-mil during the Trump era that...
Steve Saideman
I read a terrific piece by my partner in crime (I am sure some members of some legislatures will consider our latest book* criminal due to our discussion of their, um, lack of relevance), Phil Lagassé, but took a heap of umbrage at his footnote: I dislike the term ‘expert’ when it comes to...