My primary takeaway from the past few months is that everyone who dunked on the Transition Integrity Project in 2020 owes @brooks_rosa one hell of an apology.

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 9, 2021

Indeed.

The thing about emergency and backup plans is you don’t need ’em…till you do. A lot of people in my field learn this the hard way, though it really applies to any field.

But I learn the easy way: by watching others fail, and not doing that.

Why can’t more people?