Brief
Normalizing U.S.-Pakistan Relations
By Middle East Deputy Director Adam Weinstein 
Quincy Institute, 8/31/23

It is time to make U.S.–Pakistan relations less exciting but more practical.

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American Power Just Took a Big Hit
By Global South Director Sarang Shidore 
The New York Times, 9/1/23

BRICS’s expansion is an unmistakable marker of many countries’ dissatisfaction with the global order and of their ambition to improve their place within it.

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Few Russians Wanted the War in Ukraine – But They Won’t Accept a Russian Defeat Either
By Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven
The Guardian, 8/30/23

The fate of the Putin regime will be decided in the first instance not by conspiracies within the Russian elite, but by what happens on the battlefield in Ukraine.

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The Return of the Global South
By Global South Director Sarang Shidore
Foreign Affairs, 8/31/23 

As the unipolar era that followed the end of the Cold War recedes, the global South is coming alive once again. 

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The American Left Realigns its Relationship to Latin America 
By Non-Resident Fellow Andre Pagliarini
Foreign Policy, 8/30/23

Having U.S. officials visit Latin America, speak honestly about the past mistakes and misdeeds of their own government, convey a sincere desire to learn and collaborate: All of these things are most unusual, and most welcome. 

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Webcast
Two Years of Diplomacy with the Taliban
Discussion featuring Tripp Copeland, Jonathan Schroden, & Shkula Zadran; moderated by Deputy Middle East Director Adam Weinstein
Quincy Institute, 8/29/23

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Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
By Board Chair Andrew Bacevich 
Commonweal Magazine, 8/28/23

What can Vietnam teach us about the war in Ukraine?

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Can Liberalism Save Itself?
By Non-Resident Fellow Samuel Moyn
The New York Times, 8/26/23

It wasn’t long ago that liberals were proclaiming the “end of history” after their Cold War victory. But for years liberalism has felt perpetually on the brink.

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