Steve Clemons

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Editor at Large at The National Interest

Editor at Large @TheNatlInterest, Host 'The Bottom Line' @AJEnglish, Co-Chair, @GLOBSEC US Initiative, Editor, The Washington Note; Chair & CEO, @Widehall1769

Articles

Fragmentation of Media Reality

2 months ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Steve Clemons |Quartz. He

Excellences, colleagues, media specialists, United Nation’s Undersecretary General Olga Algayerova (aD)By thanking the Chairman-in-Office, Finland, OSCE Secretariat and IFIMES Director for this call, let me share few thoughts [1] from Washington on this pressing topic:There is a hubris and inappropriate self-confidence among mainstream media that their practices and approaches to media are sound, and new entrants are unsound.
Fragmentation of Media Reality

2 months ago | modernghana.com | Steve Clemons

There is a hubris and inappropriate self-confidence among mainstream media that their practices and approaches to media are sound, and new entrants are unsound. They purport to present fact-checked truths while pointing to new media as promulgators of disinformation, poor journalism, AI-assisted deep fakes, and propaganda.
The Impact of Tariffs on Santa Claus and the North Pole: Ho Ho Ho!

Dec 23, 2024 | washingtonnote.com | Steve Clemons

This holiday, for the first time ever, I am giving some presentations on the world’s geopolitical and geo-economic fault lines on the really terrific Regent Seven Seas Explorer traveling between Australia and New Zealand.
Rolling back America’s 21st-century scandalmongers

Nov 3, 2024 | highlandcountypress.com | Steve Clemons

By Steve Clemons Real Clear WireAmerica’s struggle with facts versus fabrication and truth versus conspiracy theories has been going on for centuries. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton – three early founders of the United States – detested each other through much of their political lives, but they had one thing in common.
VIDEO: An Interview w/ NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana

Sep 13, 2024 | nationalinterest.org | Steve Clemons

On September 9, The National Interest and GLOBSEC co-hosted a virtual roundtable interview with outgoing NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană to reflect on his tenure and discuss the critical security issues facing the transatlantic alliance. The conversation explores the evolving challenges of European security, NATO's strategic priorities in the face of Russian aggression, and the future of transatlantic cooperation in an era of populist politics.
Joe Biden Ends Reelection Bid

Jul 21, 2024 | washingtonnote.com | Steve Clemons

The debate around President Joe Biden’s ability to vigorously take on a second political battle with former President Donald Trump is over. President Biden, as he expresses in the note above, is withdrawing from the election and will focus on serving out his term. This was clearly an extremely difficult decision for a leader who has achieved so much for the country and has overcome much adversity in getting to the White House. Now as one Senator just told me, “let the games begin.”
Painting Outside the Lines: Widehall

Jun 28, 2024 | washingtonnote.com | Steve Clemons

What a magnificent ride my time at Semafor has been, building with Ben and Justin Smith and the high octane team members there a gleaming rocket of editorial ambition and excellence — in newsletters, editorial events, and powerful new networks. For two and a half years, I’ve puzzled each day about how to help make Semafor better and more desired than its peers, more impactful and necessary.
Hate in NYC & Chestertown

Jun 17, 2024 | washingtonnote.com | Steve Clemons

Big city. Little village. A bus driver in New York City near Columbia University beckoned and called to a man walking on the street whom he had just seen bludgeoned in the head to hurry and get on to his bus. He wanted to help him escape his attacker, a huge man who reportedly chased the bus and continued to harass the victim when he got off the bus two blocks later.
War and Peace in Washington

Feb 5, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Steve Clemons

Sometimes the track towards war between antagonists can’t be stopped by diplomacy, or even by one side appeasing the other, but that’s not usually the case. History is crowded with not just examples of bloody national collisions but also by conflicts narrowly averted by creative deal-making that preempted the guns and carnage. It’s still not clear whether Iran and the U.S., or China and the U.S., have war baked into their destinies. That history is still up for grabs.
War and Peace in Washington

Feb 5, 2024 | semafor.com | Steve Clemons

Sometimes the track towards war between antagonists can’t be stopped by diplomacy, or even by one side appeasing the other, but that’s not usually the case. History is crowded with not just examples of bloody national collisions but also by conflicts narrowly averted by creative deal-making that preempted the guns and carnage. It’s still not clear whether Iran and the U.S., or China and the U.S., have war baked into their destinies. That history is still up for grabs.