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Transition Integrity Project

The Transition Integrity Project (TIP) was an American scenario planning initiative sponsored by Protect Democracy.[1]

History

The TIP was convened in December 2019 by Rosa Brooks and Nils Gilman “out of concern that the Trump Administration may seek to manipulate, ignore, undermine or disrupt the 2020 presidential election and transition process.”[2]

In June 2020, TIP ran a series of simulations "exploring what could possibly go wrong around the election, and what could be done to mitigate the identified risks." A report summarizing TIP's findings was published on August 3, 2020.[3]

Participants

There were "over 100 current and former senior government and campaign leaders and other experts" who participated in TIP's simulations.[4]

Name Role(s) Notes
Rosa Brooks Convener[2:1] Leadership Council for Women in National Security
Nils Gilman Convener[2:2] Berggruen Institute, University of California, Berkeley
Max Boot Participant[5] Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Project for the New American Century (PNAC)
Donna Brazile Participant[6] Democratic National Committee (DNC), National Democratic Institute (NDI)
David Frum Participant[7] The Atlantic, MSNBC, George W. Bush
Jennifer Granholm Participant[6:1] Priorities USA Action, Government of Michigan
Trey Grayson Participant[8] Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State
Bill Kristol Participant[6:2] Project for the New American Century (PNAC)
Edward Luce Participant[9] Financial Times
John Podesta Participant[7:1] Hillary Clinton, Center for American Progress (CAP)
Michael Steele Participant[7:2] Republican National Committee (RNC)
Lawrence Wilkerson Participant[6:3] United States Department of State, United States Army, College of William & Mary

  1. Transition Integrity Project Member Talks about this Initiative; Coronavirus Pandemic Update from Around the World; Unity as Trump Threatens Democracy. (2020, July 31). CNN. https://web.archive.org/web/20240516001744/http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2007/31/nday.06.html ↩︎

  2. Read the Transition Integrity Project’s full report. (2020, August 3). The Boston Globe. https://web.archive.org/web/20240710215524/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/03/nation/transition-integrity-projects-full-report/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Home. Transition Integrity Project. Retrieved November 1, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20201101025441/http://transitionintegrityproject.net/ ↩︎

  4. Preventing a Disrupted Presidential Election and Transition. (2020, August 3). Transition Integrity Project. https://web.archive.org/web/20201031232853/https://secureservercdn.net/192.169.223.13/lz3.b02.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Preventing_a_Disrupted_Presidential_Election_and_Transition_8-3-20.2.pdf ↩︎

  5. Boot, M. (2020, July 6). What if Trump loses but insists he won? Washington Post. http://archive.today/2020.08.20-024226/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/06/what-if-trump-loses-insists-he-won/ ↩︎

  6. Chakrabarti, M., & Kotsonis, S. (2020, August 5). This “War Game” Maps Out What Happens If The President Contests The Election. WBUR. http://archive.today/2020.11.04-221425/https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/07/28/election-war-games-trump-scenario ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  7. Frum, D. (2020, July 31). Where the System May Break. The Atlantic. http://archive.today/2020.08.06-035413/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/how-2020-election-could-go-wrong/614842/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  8. Brooks, R. (2020, September 3). What’s the worst that could happen? Washington Post. http://archive.today/2023.04.05-202727/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/03/trump-stay-in-office/ ↩︎

  9. Luce, E. (2020, July 2). How America could fail its democracy test. Financial Times. http://archive.today/2020.08.03-032238/https://www.ft.com/content/250c79f3-f1e8-4251-a224-ee819c6a1f6b ↩︎