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June 11, 2023

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Report
More Money, Less Security: Pentagon Spending and Strategy in the Biden Administration

By Senior Research Fellow William Hartung
Quincy Institute, 6/8/23


Sticking to the current defense spending strategy is not only economically wasteful, but will also make America and the world less safe.


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Policy Note
H.R. 3202: Analyzing Legislative Efforts to Block Arab Engagement with Syria

By Senior Research Fellow Steven Simon & Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis
Quincy Institute, 6/9/23


Will additional direct sanctions on the Syrian government and people and secondary sanctions on Arab states that have decided to re-engage the Syrian government after 12 years of isolation bring about the change that some in Washington want?    


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FEATURED

The Politics of Avoidance 
By Chairman of the Board Andrew Bacevich
Commonweal Magazine, 6/7/23


On the debt as on security, we prefer to ignore inconvenient facts.

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Is Saudi-Israeli Normalization Worth It?
By Senior Research Fellow Steven Simon & Aaron David Miller
Foreign Policy, 6/6/23


It would be a dramatic accomplishment, but not nearly as transformational as many may think.

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Television
Iran Unveils its First Hypersonic Missile

Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
CNNi, 6/7/23
 
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Nord Stream Revelations Should Chasten Ukraine Dam ‘Hot Takes’
By Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Responsible Statecraft, 6/8/23

News that the CIA was sitting on intel that showed Kyiv planning attacks should be a warning: all is not always what it seems.

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Digital
Defense Contractors Bought Off Ukraine War Coverage

Interview with Research Fellow Ben Freeman

Breaking Points, 6/5/23

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RADIO: Par for the Course - Golf, Geopolitics and the Shifting Sands of Global Power by Tracey Lee Holmes/ Interview with Senior Analyst Steven Simon,The Ticket/ABC (AU), 6/10/23

Diplomacy Watch: S. Africa Suggests Moving BRICS Summit to China by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 6/9/23

How U.S. Weapons Firms Influence the Ukraine Debate by Staff / Quoted: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Modern Diplomacy, 6/9/23

How WWII Nostalgia Fuels Media’s Impractical Ukraine Aims by Managing Editor Ben Armbruster, Responsible Statecraft, 6/9/23

Is Excessive Pentagon Spending Stealing Our Future? by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Forbes, 6/9/23


The Pentagon Is Freaking Out About a Potential War With China by Michael Hirsch / Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Politico, 6/9/23

Solving the Mystery of Henry Kissinger’s Reputation by Non-Resident Fellow Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy, 6/9/23

What Kind of Peace Do We Seek? At 60, JFK’s Speech Never Gets Old by Board Member Katrina vanden Heuvel & James Carden, Responsible Statecraft, 6/9/23
 
The U.S. Military’s Carbon Footprint Is Making Africa Less Secure by Intern Kyilah Terry, Responsible Statecraft, 6/8/23

RADIO: Updates on the War in Ukraine, Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Eye on the World with John Batchelor/CBS, 6/8/23

Gargantuan Pentagon Budget Puts 'Special Interests Over the National Interest by Jake Johnson / Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Common Dreams, 6/8/23

Mike Lee: We Need Less ‘Peacocking and Popping Off’ When Dealing with Russia by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 6/8/23

Poll: Most Europeans Support Neutrality in U.S.-China Conflict by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 6/8/23

Sen. Rand Paul: My Colleagues are ‘Beating the Drums’ for ‘War with China’ by Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 6/8/23

Note to Congress: There is No Emergency that Would Require More Military Funding by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Responsible Statecraft, 6/8/23

DIGITAL: The United States' Meandering Syria Policy, Interview with Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis, The Majority Report with Sam Seder, 6/7/23

An Oil State Hired the Biggest PR Firms to Buff Its Climate Image. It Didn’t Help by Corbin Hiar & Zach Colman / Quoted: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Politico, 6/7/23

Why the Arab States' U-turn on Assad is a Massive Game-Changer by Jonathan Steele/ Quoted: Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis, Middle East Eye, 6/7/23

TELEVISION: LIV Golf Merges with the PGA Tour, Interview with Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Scripps News, 6/7/23

TELEVISION: Thousands Evacuate after Ukrainian Dam Collapses, Interview with Research Fellow Suzanne Loftus, CBS News Prime Time, 6/6/23


RADIO: On the Ukrainian Dam Explosion, Interview with Research Fellow Suzanne Loftus, NewsTalk 830 (Minneapolis, MN), 6/6/23

Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace is Within Grasp: Don’t Blow it Up by Junior Research Fellow Artin DerSimonian, Responsible Statecraft, 6/6/23

‘Gigantic Victory for Sportswashing’: Old Truths Will Haunt Golf’s New Dawn by Sean Ingle / Quoted: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, The Guardian, 6/6/23

U.S. Presses for Tightened Sanctions on Syria's Assad by Dale Gavlak/ Quoted: Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis, Voice of America, 6/6/23

Surprise! Congress Likely to Hide Defense Spending in New Ukraine Aid Bill by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 6/6/23

Indonesia’s Audacious Ukraine Play is a Message From the Global South by Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, Responsible Statecraft, 6/5/23

Sparks Fly in Syria Sanctions, Normalization Debate by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 6/5/23

 
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