{"id":2193735,"date":"2024-03-06T04:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T09:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-no-3-victoria-nuland-resigns-after-failing-upward-for-decades\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T04:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T09:14:59","slug":"state-department-no-3-victoria-nuland-resigns-after-failing-upward-for-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-no-3-victoria-nuland-resigns-after-failing-upward-for-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Nuland, State Department&#8217;s No. 3, resigns after years of unsuccessful advancement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-department-no-3-victoria-nuland-resigns-after-failing-upward-for-decades%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2193735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Rise and Fall of Victoria\u200c Nuland: A Case Study in Washington Bureaucracy<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The State Department announced \u2064on \u2062Tuesday that\u2062 Victoria Nuland, the third highest-ranking U.S. diplomat, would step \u2064down. Her career in U.S. diplomacy is a case study in \u200bBeltway bureaucrats failing upward\u2063 over their decades in Washington.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nuland\u2019s \u201ctenure caps three\u200d and a half decades of remarkable \u2062public service under six Presidents and ten Secretaries of State,\u201d the department said\u2062 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/on-the-retirement-of-under-secretary-of-state-for-political-affairs-victoria-nuland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press \u2063release<\/a>. \u201cThese experiences have\u200c armed Toria with an encyclopedic knowledge of a wide range of issues and regions, and an unmatched capacity to\u2062 wield the full toolkit\u2062 of American diplomacy to advance our interests \u200band values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Nuland\u2019s tenure also puts her \u2063at the center of foreign policy failures for\u2062 decades. After a brief hiatus from the State Department\u200d under President \u2064Donald Trump, Nuland returned to the agency when President Joe \u200dBiden nominated her as Secretary of State Antony Blinken\u2019s under-secretary\u200d of state for political \u2062affairs.<\/p>\n<p>After working\u2063 under Vice President Dick Cheney as \u200ba principal\u200b deputy foreign policy adviser, Nuland was U.S. \u200bambassador\u2063 to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) under President\u2064 George W. Bush until 2008. She went on\u2064 to join the \u2063Obama administration first as a spokeswoman for the State Department and then as \u200cassistant secretary of state of European and \u200cEurasian Affairs \u2063until 2017.\u2063 It was under President Barack Obama that Nuland spearheaded efforts to overthrow the democratically elected government of Ukraine and install a pro-EU regime, which prompted Moscow\u2019s annexation of Crimea \u2062in\u2062 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Independent Substack \u200djournalist \u200dJordan Schachtel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dossier.today\/p\/the-real-victoria-nuland-us-foreign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outlined<\/a> \u201cThe Real Victoria Nuland\u201d following the announcement of her \u2063resignation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom 2013 to\u200c 2015 Nuland\u2019s portfolio was dominated by\u2063 Eastern\u2063 Europe and Russia,\u201d Schachtel wrote. \u201cShe\u200c was the American point person for the infamous \u2018Maidan uprising\u2019 in Ukraine, which resulted\u200d in the ouster of the country\u2019s elected president.\u2063 Critics of the Nuland-led campaign have labeled \u200cher activities in Ukraine as a successful coup effort in\u2063 a foreign country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under President Biden, \u201cNuland appeared to telegraph the future bombing of the Nord Stream pipeline, declaring that it will \u2018not move forward\u2019 if Russia invades Ukraine,\u201d Schachtel added.<\/p>\n<p>The Nord Stream pipeline transported natural gas from Russia to\u2063 Germany through the Baltic Sea. \u200dIn September 2022,\u2062 a series of explosions disrupted the flow of Russian gas into \u200ccentral Europe months after the Kremlin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/denmark-nord-stream-pipeline-explosion-investigation-sweden-germany-8fe8be53ff1c10b11ec2d0ad1d8dd615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Swedish and Danish<\/a> authorities closed their \u2064investigations into the \u200bpipeline explosions last month, concluding the\u200d disruptions were \u2063an act of\u200d deliberate \u201csabotage.\u201d The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/07\/world\/europe\/sweden-nord-stream-pipeline.html#:~:text=After%20investigators%20delved%20into%20a,who%20might%20have%20been%20directing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> last \u200bmonth that \u201cintelligence \u2062agencies came to a general agreement\u201d \u2062that the attack \u2062was\u2062 conducted by \u201cpro-Ukraine forces.\u201d \u200bIn his recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Russian President Vladimir Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/putin-dares-carlson-nord-stream-145000717.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blamed<\/a> the U.S. Central Intelligence\u200d Agency (CIA).<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/30\/its-not-crazy-to-think-biden-sabotaged-nord-stream-to-deepen-us-involvement-in-the-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It\u2019s Not Crazy\u2063 To Think Biden Sabotaged Nord Stream To Deepen US Involvement In The \u200cUkraine War<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNuland has since acted \u200dto disrupt peace talks and advance the maximalist \u2064position of fighting \u200bthe Ukraine-Russia \u200bwar to the very last Ukrainian, ensuring that \u2063there is more \u200breasons for\u2064 Congress to allocate untold billions to the\u2062 war effort,\u201d Schachtel reported.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice it to say the world is far \u2064more dangerous\u2062 than when\u2063 Victoria Nuland entered \u2062the scene. Russia has forged closer\u2062 relationships with China, Iran, and North Korea, threatening an outbreak of a third\u2064 global\u2064 conflict\u2063 while the American dollar inches closer to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/17\/if-chinas-yuan-usurps-the-dollar-the-world-economy-will-be-at-communists-whims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">losing<\/a> its hegemony.<\/p>\n<p>If fomenting World \u2064War III is a\u2063 metric of success (and in Washington, it is), then\u200b Nuland will be on her way to\u200b a high-paid professorship at an American university, if not a fellowship at a Beltway think tank. Nuland\u2019s career is a testament to \u2063career officials failing upward in the elite class of D.C. bureaucrats.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist \u200dand \u200cthe author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington\u2063 Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured \u2064in \u2062Real Clear Politics and \u2063Fox \u2063News. \u2062Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter \u200bat\u200b @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up \u200dfor Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What role does conformity and groupthink\u200d play in the flawed \u2063approach \u2062to \u2064policymaking within\u2063 the bureaucratic system?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \/the-nord-stream-2-sanctions-fiasco-is-a-case-study-in-diplomatic-incompetence\/&#8221;>The Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Fiasco Is A Case Study In\u2064 Diplomatic Incompetence]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite Nuland\u2019s track record of controversial foreign policy\u2062 decisions,\u200d she continued to rise\u200b through the ranks of the Washington bureaucracy. This pattern \u2063of\u2064 failing \u200bupward is not uncommon in the Beltway, where bureaucratic elites \u200dseem to be insulated from the consequences \u2063of their actions.<\/p>\n<p>One reason for this \u200dphenomenon is the revolving door between government and think tanks or \u2064lobbying firms, which allows former government officials to \u2064cash in on their connections and expertise. Nuland herself has\u200c taken advantage of this revolving door, joining \u200cthe Center \u2064for \u2064a New American Security \u200cafter \u200dleaving the State Department in\u200c 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Another\u200b factor that contributes to the rise of \u200bindividuals like Nuland is the lack of\u2064 accountability within\u2062 the \u200bbureaucracy. Despite the failures and controversies surrounding her \u200ccareer, Nuland has faced little \u2063consequence for her actions. Instead, she\u2064 has been rewarded with prestigious positions and accolades.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the bureaucratic system \u2062itself encourages conformity and groupthink, making it difficult\u2062 for dissenting voices or alternative perspectives to\u200b be heard. This results in a narrow and often \u200cflawed approach to policymaking, \u200cas demonstrated by Nuland\u2019s \u200dinvolvement\u200b in the Ukraine crisis and the\u2063 Nord Stream pipeline debacle.<\/p>\n<p>The rise and fall of \u200dVictoria\u200d Nuland serves\u2064 as a cautionary \u200btale about the dangers of an \u200bunchecked and unaccountable bureaucracy.\u200d It\u200c highlights the need for greater transparency, accountability,\u200b and diversity of thought \u200bin Washington. Without \u2062these reforms, the\u200b cycle\u200c of bureaucratic failure is\u2062 likely to continue, with little regard for \u200bthe consequences for U.S. foreign policy and\u2064 national security.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Victoria Nuland\u2019s career in U.S. diplomacy exemplifies the \u200dphenomenon of failing \u200cupward \u200dwithin the Washington bureaucracy.\u2063 Despite her involvement\u2064 in foreign policy failures and \u2063controversies, she continued\u2062 to\u2063 rise through the ranks and was rewarded with prestigious positions. This pattern underscores the need\u2064 for reforms to promote transparency, accountability,\u200c and diversity\u2062 of thought within the bureaucracy. \u200cFailure to \u200caddress these issues will only \u200cperpetuate \u200bthe cycle of bureaucratic\u2062 failure and undermine U.S. interests\u200c and values in the long run.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Department revealed that Victoria Nuland, the third highest-ranking U.S. diplomat, will resign. Her career exemplifies how Beltway bureaucrats often advance despite their failures in Washington. 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