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UPCOMING EVENT
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
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.
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.
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
Digital
Why Does the IMF Predict Strong Russian Growth Despite Sanctions? Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven Inside Story/ Al Jazeera, 1/31/24
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
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.
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