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September 17, 2023

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Webinar
Debating Saudi-Israeli Normalization: Does it Advance U.S. Interest?
Wednesday, September 20, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT
 
Featuring Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, F. Gregory Gause, & Ellen Laipson; moderated by Senior Research Analyst Steven Simon

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The 2024 Presidential Race Is On: How Will the U.S. China Policy and the Ukraine War Shape It?
Thursday, September 21, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT
 
Featuring Grand Strategy Director George Beebe, Emily Jashinsky, & Branko Marcetic; moderated by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

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Book Talk: The Baltic States and Baltic Security in a Historical Context
Monday, September 25, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT

Featuring Charles Clarke & Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven

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Bankers & Bombs: How Venture Capital and Private Equity are Feeding the Military Industrial Complex
Wednesday, September 27, 11:00am-12:00pm EDT

Featuring Shana Marshall, Edward Ongweso Jr., Jonathan Guyer, & Madison Lipson; moderated by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung

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JUST RELEASED

Brief
Competition Versus Exclusion in U.S.–China Relations: A Choice Between Stability and Conflict
By Research Fellow Jake Werner
Quincy Institute, 9/14/23


Washington’s debate on China loses the crucial distinction between “competition” — a kind of connection with the potential to be carried on in healthy ways — and “exclusion,” an attempt to sever connection that leads to conflict.

READ HERE

Brief
Common Good Diplomacy: A Framework for Stable U.S.–China Relations
By Research Fellow Jake Werner
Quincy Institute, 9/14/23


Rather than seeking to counter every Chinese initiative, U.S. leaders should carefully distinguish between beneficial and damaging outcomes, affirming and building on China’s constructive proposals and managing differences through negotiation rather than polemics and confrontation.

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FEATURED

Hearing
The PGA Tour-LIV Deal: Examining Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund's Dealings in the U.S.

Testimony by Research Fellow Ben Freeman
Senate Permanent Subcommitte on Investigations, 9/13/23


At its core, the PGA Tour-LIV merger is not a business deal — it’s a Saudi foreign influence operation.

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Washington and Wall Street are Split Over China. What Now?
Featuring interview with Research Fellow Jake Werner

Vox, 9/15/23

Beyond Congress’s hawkishness, there are other ways of seeing the U.S. relationship with China.

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Broadsides: First in NATSEC Daily — American Sour on Saudi Pact 
Politico, 9/13/23

According to a new Quincy Institute/Harris poll, a majority of Americans oppose the signing of a defense pact with Saudi Arabia.

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Television
U.S. Takes Step Advancing Deal to Free Americans Held in Iran

Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
CNN Newsroom with Paula Newton, 9/12/23


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Letter: Territorial Compromise is Typically How Wars End
By Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven
Financial Times, 9/12/23


Recognizing that Ukraine has already achieved a tremendous victory, it is now time for territorial negotiations.

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Digital
Biden Unfreezes $6 Billion for Iran in Hostage Swap

Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
Rising/ The Hill, 9/12/23


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MORE. MORE. MORE.

Challenges Loom for U.S., China with New Taiwan Leader by Intern David Zhong, Responsible Statecraft, 9/15/23

Diplomacy Watch: West Push for Ukraine War Consensus Flagging by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 9/15/23

RADIO: The Meaning of the G20 and the BRICS, Interview with Global South Director Sarang Shidore, The Doug Henwood Show/ 94.1 KPFA, 9/14/23

RADIO: Third Winter of War is Coming, Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, The John Batchelor Show/ CBS, 9/14/23

Freedom Caucus Won’t Support Ukraine ‘Blank Check.’ What's That Mean? by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 9/14/23

No Maverick Appeal: Air Force Misses Recruitment Goal for First Time Since 1999 by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Editorial Director, Responsible Statecraft, 9/14/23

On Senate Floor, LIV Golf’s ‘Takeover of American Golf’ Faces More Scrutiny by Sean Zak/ Quoted: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Golf.com, 9/14/23

Senators Concerned about Pending PGA-LIV Golf Deal by Basil John/ Quoted: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Yahoo News, 9/14/23

Why a Former U.S. General Thinks we Should Keep Arming Egypt by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 9/14/23

PODCAST: The Shadow War Between America and Russia, Interview with Grand Strategy Director George Beebe, America and Beyond with Paul Starobin/ New Books Network, 9/13/23

Can the U.S. Work With Russia in Nagorno-Karabakh? by Junior Research Fellow Artin Dersimonian, Responsible Statecraft, 9/13/23

G20 Summit Showcases India's Fence-Sitting Foreign Policy by Steven Borowiec and Kiran Sharma/ Quoted: Global South Director Sarang Shidore, Nikkei Asia, 9/13/23

QI’s Ben Freeman Blasts Saudi ‘Sportswashing’ in Senate Hearing by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 9/13/23

The West Needs a Russia—Not a Putin—Policy by Research by Junior Research Fellow Artin DerSimonian, The Nation, 9/13/23

NYT Op-Ed Page Obscures Author's Saudi Funding by Investigative-Journalist-at-Large Eli Clifton, Responsible Statecraft, 9/12/23

Russian Hawks Push Putin to Escalate as U.S. Crosses More ‘Red Lines’ by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 9/12/23

Ryder Cup Rest or Rust? Most Members of the U.S. Team Will go a Month Without Competition by Doug Ferguson/ Cited: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, AP News, 9/12/23

Saudi Arabia ‘The New Chinese:’ Harshly Valid Parallels for War Crimes Revealed at PGA Tour LIV Golf Hearing by Jack Milko/ Quoted: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, SB Nation, 9/12/23

Senator Issues Subpoena in Search for More Information on PGA Tour-LIV Golf Agreement by Bob Harig/ Quoted: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Sports Illustrated, 9/12/23

Sen. Blumenthal Issues Subpoena to U.S. Subsidiary of PIF by Rex Hoggard/ Cited: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, NBC Sports, 9/12/23

What the U.S. Can Learn From Vietnam's Four No's by Global South Director Sarang Shidore, Responsible Statecraft, 9/12/23

When the U.S. Helped Kill Democracy in Chile by Contributing Editor Jim Lobe and Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 9/11/23

White House Howling Over Putin-Kim Jong Un Hug Rings Hollow by Anatol Lieven/ Quoted: Global South Director Sarang Shidore, Responsible Statecraft, 9/8/23

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