Continuity of Government https://www.continuityofgovernment.org/ Analysis on succession, resilience, and democratic endurance en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:20:52 GMT Two Decades of Strain: What September 11 and January 6 Revealed About the Machinery of Succession https://www.continuityofgovernment.org/two-decades-of-strain-succession-9-11-january-6/ https://www.continuityofgovernment.org/two-decades-of-strain-succession-9-11-january-6/ American continuity planning has faced two defining stress tests in the twenty-first century: the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Each exposed different fault lines in the constitutional architecture, and each offers lessons that remain only partially implemented. Continuity of Government Institutional Resilience Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:20:52 GMT