** Weekly Round Up
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** February 4, 2024
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Sanctioned Realities: Iran and the Failure of Economic Warfare
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Beware the Iran ‘Pearl Harbor’ Moment
By Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
The American Conservative, 2/3/24
The horrors of October 7 are being subordinated to a foreign adventure project decades in the making.
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80 Groups Tell Biden: Ceasefire Now to Prevent Wider War
By Alex Ward & Matt Berg
NatSec Daily/ Politico, 2/2/24
The Quincy Institute helped coordinate the effort by dozens of anti-war, religious, veteran and humanitarian groups to warn Biden that retaliatory boming will not prevent a wider war and urge him to push for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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U.S. Troops Are Dangerously Vulnerable in the Middle East
By Deputy Middle East Director Adam Weinstein & Senior Research Fellow Steven Simon
Foreign Policy, 1/29/24
Keeping troops deployed does not advance U.S. security—it puts it at greater risk.
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Television
Biden’s Middle East Policy “Leading Us into a War Whose Aims We Have Not Defined”
Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
Democracy Now!/ PBS, 1/31/24
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Digital
Why Does the IMF Predict Strong Russian Growth Despite Sanctions?
Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven
Inside Story/ Al Jazeera, 1/31/24
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Webinar
Reality Check: Chinese Military Spending in Context and Alternatives to a Bloated U.S. Defense Budget
Featuring Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Shuxian Luo, & Rorry Daniels; moderated by Vice President for Public Affairs Elizabeth Beavers
Hosted by Brown University Costs of War Project, Co-sponsored by the Quincy Institute, 1/29/24
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America is Suffering From a Resolve Gap
By Board Member Stephen Walt
Foreign Policy, 1/30/24
U.S. initiatives sometimes fail not because U.S. strategy is necessarily bad or because public officials are less skilled than one might wish, but because adversaries have a greater stake in the outcome and are willing to make greater sacrifices than we are to get their way.
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Book Talk: How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy
Featuring Non-Resident Fellow John Mearsheimer & Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven
Quincy Institute, 1/29/24
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Radio
Tensions Between U.S. and Iran Heightened After Attack in Jordan
Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
Here & Now/ WBUR, 2/2/24
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America Is Exporting More Arms Than Ever. Here’s Why ([link removed] ) by Nicole Narea/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Vox, 2/4/24
U.S. Strikes Targets in Iraq and Syria After Middle East Drone Attack Kills Three Soldiers ([link removed]) by Tom Vanden Brook & Michael Collins, Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, USA Today, 2/3/24
World Reacts to U.S. Attacks on Iraq and Syria ([link removed]) by Staff Writers/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Al Jazeera, 2/3/23
TELEVISION: U.S. Launches Retaliatory Strikes in Iraq and Syria ([link removed]) , Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Reidout/ MSNBC, 2/2/24
Congress Poised to Cede More Foreign Weapons Oversight. Why? ([link removed]) by CEO Lora Lumpe & Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Responsible Statecraft, 2/2/24
Diplomacy Watch: NATO Membership Still on the Table? ([link removed]) by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 2/2/24
PODCAST: Conservatives Emerging Against Perpetual War ([link removed]) , Interview with Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen, 2/1/24
RADIO: What Will the Germany and France Right-Wing Say? ([link removed]) , Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, The John Batchelor Show/ CBS, 2/1/24
Houthis Were Seconds Away From Hitting U.S. Destroyer: Report ([link removed]) by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 2/1/24
No Magic U.S. Weapon Left for Offensive Ukraine Victory ([link removed]) by Research Fellow Mark Episkopos, Responsible Statecraft, 2/1/24
U.S. Troops Should Have Left Syria and Iraq Long Ago ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis, Responsible Statecraft, 2/1/24
Analyst Rips Biden Admin for Touting Record Arms Sales Amid Gaza Carnage ([link removed]) by Jake Johnson/ Cited: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Common Dreams, 1/31/24
NATO Chief in D.C. Trying to Get Blood From a Stone ([link removed]) by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 1/31/24
The ‘Adults’ Are Not Back in Charge of U.S. Foreign Policy ([link removed]) by Intern Alex Little, The American Conservative, 1/31/24
Tone Deaf? Admin Brags About 55% Hike in Foreign Arms Sales ([link removed]) by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Responsible Statecraft, 1/31/24
TELEVISION: Biden’s Response to the Strikes in Jordan ([link removed]) , Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, CNN Newsroom with John Vause, 1/30/24
Errors and Escalations ([link removed]) by Eric Boehm/ Cited: Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, Reason Magazine, 1/30/24
First Lethal Blows, but Still No Unified Call for War in Congress ([link removed]) by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 1/30/24
Mike Lee: Errors of This Magnitude 'Are How We End Up in Endless Wars' ([link removed]) by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 1/30/24
Rightward, Populist Drift in E.U. Elections Signals Big Ukraine Shift ([link removed]) by Molly O’Neal, Non-Resident Fellow, Responsible Statecraft, 1/30/24
U.S. Preparing 'Multiple Actions' to Deter Iran Proxies ([link removed]) by Patsy Widakuswara/ Quoted: Deputy Middle East Director Adam Weinstein, Voice of America, 1/30/24
3 U.S. Troops Killed by Drone Attack in Jordan ([link removed]) by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 1/29/24
Bring U.S. Troops Home From Iraq and Syria Now ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, Responsible Statecraft, 1/29/24
Nancy Pelosi’s Rant Against Cease-Fire Supporters Will Hurt Biden’s 2024 Campaign ([link removed]) by John Nichols/ Cited: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Nation, 1/29/24
The Abject Failure of Biden’s Quiet Diplomacy Is Spreading Middle Eastern Chaos ([link removed]) by Jeet Heer/ Cited: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Nation, 1/29/24
U.S. Hawks Demand War with Iran After Attack on American Troops in Jordan ([link removed]) by Jake Johnson/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Common Dreams, 1/29/24
U.S. Troops in Jordan Killed in Retaliation for American Support of Israel ([link removed]) by Murtaza Hussain/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Intercept, 1/29/24
What Does Latin America Think About the Israel-Hamas War? ([link removed]) by Patricia Garip/ Quoted: Global South Director Sarang Shidore, Foreign Policy, 1/29/24
DIGITAL: Biden: Iran-Backed Groups Behind Attack That Killed U.S. Soldiers ([link removed]) , Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, TRT World, 1/28/24
Zelensky's Corruption Problem ([link removed]) by Brendan Cole/ Quoted: Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Newsweek, 1/28/24
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