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February 4, 2024

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Webinar
Sanctioned Realities: Iran and the Failure of Economic Warfare
Thursday, February 15, 12:00-1:00 PM EST

Discussion featuring Narges Bajoghli & Vali Nasr; moderated by Executive Vice President Trita Parsi 

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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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Webinar 
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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MORE. MORE. MORE.

America Is Exporting More Arms Than Ever. Here’s Why 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 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 by Staff Writers/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Al Jazeera, 2/3/23

TELEVISION: U.S. Launches Retaliatory Strikes in Iraq and Syria, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Reidout/ MSNBC, 2/2/24

Congress Poised to Cede More Foreign Weapons Oversight. Why? by CEO Lora Lumpe & Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Responsible Statecraft, 2/2/24

Diplomacy Watch: NATO Membership Still on the Table? by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 2/2/24

PODCAST: Conservatives Emerging Against Perpetual War, 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?, Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, The John Batchelor Show/ CBS, 2/1/24

Houthis Were Seconds Away From Hitting U.S. Destroyer: Report by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 2/1/24

No Magic U.S. Weapon Left for Offensive Ukraine Victory by Research Fellow Mark Episkopos, Responsible Statecraft, 2/1/24

U.S. Troops Should Have Left Syria and Iraq Long Ago by Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis, Responsible Statecraft, 2/1/24

Analyst Rips Biden Admin for Touting Record Arms Sales Amid Gaza Carnage 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 by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 1/31/24

The ‘Adults’ Are Not Back in Charge of U.S. Foreign Policy by Intern Alex Little, The American Conservative, 1/31/24

Tone Deaf? Admin Brags About 55% Hike in Foreign Arms Sales by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Responsible Statecraft, 1/31/24

TELEVISION: Biden’s Response to the Strikes in Jordan, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, CNN Newsroom with John Vause, 1/30/24

Errors and Escalations 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 by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 1/30/24

Mike Lee: Errors of This Magnitude 'Are How We End Up in Endless Wars' by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 1/30/24

Rightward, Populist Drift in E.U. Elections Signals Big Ukraine Shift by Molly O’Neal, Non-Resident Fellow, Responsible Statecraft, 1/30/24

U.S. Preparing 'Multiple Actions' to Deter Iran Proxies 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 by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 1/29/24

Bring U.S. Troops Home From Iraq and Syria Now 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 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 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 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 by Murtaza Hussain/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Intercept, 1/29/24

What Does Latin America Think About the Israel-Hamas War? 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, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, TRT World, 1/28/24

Zelensky's Corruption Problem by Brendan Cole/ Quoted: Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Newsweek, 1/28/24

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