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January 21, 2024
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UPCOMING EVENTS

Webinar
Are Biden’s Strikes Against the Houthis Bringing America Closer to War?
Friday, January 26, 11:00-12:00 AM EST

Featuring Non-Resident Fellow Shireen Al-Adeimi, Akbar Shahid Ahmed, & Bruce Riedel; moderated by Executive Vice President Trita Parsi

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Book Talk — How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy
Monday, January 29, 12:00-1:00 PM EST

Featuring Non-Resident Fellow John Mearsheimer & Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven

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FEATURED

On Gaza: What Would Martin Luther King Do?
By Board Member Michael McBride
Responsible Statecraft, 1/15/24

He insisted in 1967 that it was morally imperative for the US to stop its role in the Vietnam war. He would be calling for Biden to demand a ceasefire now.

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Washington Is Exaggerating China’s Military Budgets
By Senior Research Fellow William Hartung
Foreign Policy, 1/18/24

Hawks in Washington are overstating China’s military capabilities while underplaying the value of diplomacy in addressing the challenges that Beijing poses to the U.S. and its allies.

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The Era of Interventionist Dominance Is Over
By Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
The American Conservative, 1/18/24

Americans’ tepid response to calls for war in Yemen show the first glimmerings of a new, restraint-oriented political consensus.

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How Biden Can Stop Houthi Missile Attacks—Without Risking War
By Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
Time Magazine, 1/15/24

Continued strikes against the Houthis will only beget more of the same: escalating tensions that strengthen the de facto Houthi blockade and elevate the potential for the conflict to expand into a full-fledged regional war.

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Webinar 
Interpreting the Taiwan Elections: Democracy in the Shadow of Geopolitics
Discussion featuring Senior Research Fellow Michael Swaine, Shelley Rigger, & Steven Goldstein; moderated by Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Quincy Institute, 1/17/24

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Webinar 
Demilitarizing the U.S.-Mexico Relationship
Discussion featuring Non-Resident Fellows Aileen Teague, Chirsty Thornton, & Miguel Tinker Salas; moderated by Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Quincy Institute, 1/16/24

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Digital
Houthis Strike U.S.-Owned Vessel in Red Sea, Biden Cannot Bomb Yemen Into Submission
Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
The Hill/ Rising, 1/16/24

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MORE. MORE. MORE.

PODCAST: ​Dangers of a Wider War in the Middle East, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Nation/ Time of Monsters, 1/21/24

​Diplomacy Watch: Zelensky's Lonely Calls for 10 Point Peace Plan by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 1/19/24

Pentagon’s Rehab of Nuclear-Missile Arsenal Hit by Soaring Costs by Doug Cameron/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, The Wall Street Journal, 1/19/24

RADIO: Peace Talks Sooner Rather Than Later, Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, CBS/ John Batchelor Show, 1/18/24

Biden Admits Air Strikes on Yemen Aren't Working — But Vows to Keep Bombing Anyway by Jake Johnson/ Cited: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Common Dreams, 1/18/24

Pakistan Fires Back at Targets in Iran as Regional Tensions Boil by Zia Ur Rehman/ Quoted: Deputy Middle East Director Adam Weinstein, Nikkei Asia, 1/18/24

Preventing a Worst-Case Scenario on the Korean Peninsula by Junior Research Fellow James Park, The Diplomat, 1/18/24

U.S. Strikes Yemen Again, but Houthi Attacks Keep Coming by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 1/18/24

Why Is 'Ceasefire' Considered a Dirty Word? by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 1/18/24

First Effort to Scrutinize Israel’s War Fails in Senate by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 1/17/24

Military Emissions Are Too Big to Keep Ignoring by Zoë Schlanger/ Quoted: Non-Resident Fellow Neta Crawford, The Atlantic, 1/17/24

The Death of Neutrality by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 1/17/24

This Is No Time to Supersize the Military-Industrial Complex by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Forbes, 1/17/24

U.S. Federal Workers Risk Livelihoods in Push For Course Change on Gaza War by Joseph Stepansky/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Al Jazeera, 1/17/24

The Military-Industrial Complex Is the Winner (Not You) by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, TomDispatch, 1/16/24

DIGITAL: Ukraine Will Never Beat Russia - Time to Find Negotiated End, Interview with Grand Strategy Director George Beebe, Deep Dive with Daniel Davis, 1/15/24

TELEVISION: U.S. Striking Houthis Makes Blockade ‘More Effective’, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Sky News, 11/15/24

How VC Is Busting the Military Industrial Complex — For Its Own Benefit by Non-Resident Fellow Shana Marshall, Responsible Statecraft, 1/15/24

Peace in Ukraine Has Never Seemed Further Away by Aris Roussinos/ Cited: Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, UnHerd, 1/15/24

DIGITAL: ‘A Breach of Yemeni Sovereignty’: Biden Becomes Fourth U.S. President to Bomb Yemen, Interview with Non-Resident Fellow Shireen al-Adeimi, Democracy Now!, 1/12/24
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