Nik Steinberg

Forum Director, Columbia World Projects; Fmr Counselor & Speechwriter to Amb. Samantha Power; Fmr Sr Researcher @ Human Rights Watch. Views my own.

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

My new piece @POLITICOMag on view inside the @StateDept on the lasting damage of being drawn into impeachment, the loss of bipartisan trust in career diplomats & the disillusionment with @SecPompeo for failing to defend his staff https://t.co/b0LYESJJfV

[Samantha Power @SamanthaJPower]

Penetrating look by @niksteinberg at impeachment’s toll on the @StateDept. Still, a measure of hope at the end: "the crucible of impeachment has provided a clarifying sense of purpose” to diplomats who care very much about serving the country. https://t.co/NVKPE2WUV7

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

Speaking w/ >dozen career diplomats, contrast b/w their disillusionment with @SecPompeo for failing to defend his staff & pride in serving with ppl like Yovanovitch couldn’t be starker. Their views on impeachment’s toll on morale & influence @StateDept https://t.co/b0LYESJJfV

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

As more Republicans take Trump view of Foreign Service as "radical unelected bureaucrats," diplomats see lasting damage to influence @StateDept.Without bipartisan trust, "the whole system breaks down-not just for this president but for presidents to come” https://t.co/b0LYESJJfV

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Pompeo claims a journalist couldn’t find Ukraine. He can’t find his moral compass. https://t.co/SdDErSRnj2

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

Career diplomats told me they expect Trump will “punish” the Foreign Service after impeachment trial ends, w/ some fearing @AGWillliamBarr investigation like the one into the FBI. My piece on impeachment's cost for people @StateDept: https://t.co/b0LYESJJfV

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

@barav Tried to reach out to you via your website about an experts' forum we're organizing at Columbia Univ. on disaster preparedness, incl. global health emergencies, which we thought you might want to join. Would you be up for a quick chat?

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

@jeffgoodell Would love to speak w/ you about an experts' mtg at Columbia on disaster preparedness, resilience & response, which will bring together practitioners (govt, NGO, etc) & researchers to work on implementable projects. Can you share an email address or DM me? Cheers!

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

@rhersher I'm working on a new initiative @Columbia that aims to bring the university's research to bear on big public challenges & we're focusing now on emergency preparedness&response. Wld you be up for a short chat? Your recent work on exacerbating inequality is v. relevant!

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

Fue un honor celebrar a los 25 años de @cadhac con @JMVivancoHRW y @tlachinollan. Gracias a CADHAC, muchas familias de los desaparecidos no andan solas en su busqueda incasable de sus seres queridos y justicia. https://t.co/CYgbkst9oB

[José Miguel Vivanco @VivancoJM]

En lunes estuve en Monterrey en homenaje a los 25 años de @cadhac.

Las amenazas y riesgos que enfrentan defensores de DDHH tienen un importante efecto disuasorio. Pero la valentía de líderes como Consuelo Morales también tienen un efecto multiplicador para los DDHH en la región.

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

Hard to imagine a move by Trump that could do more to undermine credibility of @nikkihaley at UN when she talks tough on Russia. https://t.co/rPNkCPwRh6

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

@emilykirsch was hoping to connect about a project we're launching at Columbia Univ. on expanding access to energy. Would you by chance have a few minutes to speak, so I can share more about the initiative & how I think Powerhouse Solar could be involved?

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

Turns out 128 is a whole lot of names to take. More proof of how ineffective threats are at winning diplomatic support.
https://t.co/POgbQ5cU3G

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

This is malpractice. Not saying anything about what is happening in #Honduras is taking a position: it empowers those seeking to undermine democratic election & rule of law. https://t.co/vVgFSpdWXD

[Adam Isacson @adam_wola]

There are good, smart people at the State Department. They need to know what a disaster this is.

It's an encouragement to would-be authoritarians everywhere: just make pro-U.S. noises, and this is how Washington will respond when you dismantle democracy.

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

@nedprice @nikkihaley Not only partisan, but inaccurate. Reminder in @nikkihaley major policy speech calling for US to leave Iran deal, she got basic facts about the deal wrong. For example: https://t.co/k1cF8HAm5b

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

@gordonsaft see: Moore (sadly)

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

@jbouie Recall Trump's line from 2016: I will respect the results...if I win. https://t.co/bCDMMKXzb0

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

Reminder: "I will respect election results...if I win."
https://t.co/sRDQlTuOLW

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

Watching AL results, keep returning to this @tanehisicoates line: "Not every Trump voter is a white supremacist...But every Trump voter felt it acceptable to hand fate of the country over to one." Replace Trump w/ Moore; country w/ state; & add Islamophobe, homophobe, etc.

[Nik Steinberg @niksteinberg]

Alarming piece in @TheEconomist on how US abandoning anti-corruption push in #Ukraine under Trump is undermining reformers & playing into Putin's hands. Another consequence of growing US disengagement. https://t.co/prxhD5MiLc