In this commentary, NPI Advisory Councilmember Gael Tarleton discusses Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against the Ukrainian people and the importance of stamina in achieving a long-term effective response from NATO and the world community.
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Gael Tarleton is an NPI Advisory Councilmember and former Washington State Representative who led two Russian subsidiaries during the 1990s and lserved as a senior defense intelligence analyst on Soviet strategic nuclear programs at the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency from 1981-1990. She served on NPI's board from its inception through 2021.
Posted inPolicy Topics
The United States needs a strategy to bring Vladimir Putin’s Russia back from the edge
“How we shape policy to advance a more stable, secure future for our people is on the line right now,” NPI’s Gael Tarleton writes. “It is the right time to re-evaluate and evolve the security structures and relationships designed during the Cold War.”
Posted inPolicy Topics
From chaos to coherence: President Joe Biden’s worldview comes into focus
When he says that he is fighting to save our democracy against all threats, foreign and domestic, natural or manmade, believe him. This is a politician who means what he says and says what he means. That’s what coherence sounds like.
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Diplomacy finally front and center again with extension of U.S.-Russia New START Treaty
Read founding NPI boardmember Gael Tarleton’s analysis of the United States’ extension of the New START Treaty with the Russian Federation.
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NPI’s Gael Tarleton: Persistence and patience key to state’s big clean energy breakthrough
Founding NPI boardmember Gael Tarleton led the way in making Washington’s new one hundred percent clean electricity bill a reality. Read her bill signing remarks.
Posted inElections
Ignore the Seattle Times editorial board and vote YES on I‑1631 for a clean energy future
The Seattle Times has come out in opposition to I‑1631 in yet another incredibly lame endorsement editorial. NPI’s Gael Tarleton explains why you should ignore the Voice of the Blethens and vote YES on I‑1631.
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NPI’s Gael Tarleton: It’s time to sprint to pass Initiative 1631 and save our common home
It’s time to act on climate! Read Gael Tarleton’s speech thanking the Washington Conservation Voters for recognizing her as their Legislator of the Year and calling for passage of I‑1631.
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Founding NPI boardmember Gael Tarleton calls on the FCC to protect net neutrality
Read Gael Tarleton’s message to the FCC urging Ajit Pai, Michael O’Rielly, and Brendan Carr not to scrap the rules that protect Internet freedom in the U.S.
Posted inOpen Government, Policy Topics
Stand up and speak out: America’s values need defending in this time of crisis
We have a need-to-know. We are the voters and no matter what, we need to know that our nation’s leaders are not putting our right to self-government at risk.
Posted inEconomic Security, Policy Topics, Series & Special Reports
Progressive Ideas We Need: Paid vacation leave as part of every job
Editor’s Note: Today and throughout this weekend, NPI is running a special series here on the Cascadia Advocate called Progressive Ideas We Need, highlighting proposals that would raise quality of life in our region and in the United States as a whole. Each post is contributed by an NPI staff, board, or advisory council member. […]
Posted inAppreciations & Remembrances
Ruth Woo: 1926–2016
Editor’s Note: Respected and widely beloved Seattle community activist Ruth Woo died this week at the age of eighty-nine. News of her passing has sparked an outpouring of tributes. “Over many, many years, Ruth Woo was a wonderful friend and mentor to countless Washingtonians. She was a trusted leader with a remarkable talent for bringing […]
Posted inEconomic Security, Policy Topics
2014 should be the year of the worker
We’ve been in the post-recession recovery period for five years. It is time to shape what the next-generation work place needs to look like. The year of the worker needs to build on our new-found confidence that we can create a more fair economy, not just settle for what the economy used to be or […]
Posted inEconomic Security, National Defense, Policy Topics
United States needs and deserves a budget that puts people — and the planet — first
Congress votes and the deal’s done. What does it mean? Washington’s senior U.S. Senator Patty Murray and her negotiating partner Congressman Paul Ryan have averted yet another budget crisis heading into the 2014 budget negotiations. The Senate still has to vote, but the House has, by a surprisingly large margin, gone ahead and signed off on […]
Posted inElections
Seattle voters: No on public financing, yes on Districts Now charter amendment
Seattle politics has sometimes been characterized as a divide between “Seattle nice” and “lesser versus more Seattle.” It’s just not that simple anymore. Seattle has 410,000+ registered voters, and we seem to have elected a new mayor tonight with less than 33% voter turnout thus far. Maybe we’ll hit 40% by Thursday, but by any […]