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May 5, 2024

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Book Talk – Beyond the Water’s Edge: How Partisanship Corrupts U.S. Foreign Policy
Tuesday, May 7, 12:00-1:00 PM EST

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The One Thing Americans Agree on

By Senior Video Producer Khody Akhavi & Steve McMaster
Quincy Institute, 5/2/24

America's disastrous foreign policies have roiled our nation's politics more than any time in recent memory. The Quincy Institute aims to channel this upset into a movement that unites Americans from all sides against Washington's war machine.

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Nobody Is Competing With the U.S. to Begin With
By Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven
Foreign Policy, 5/1/24


Russia and China have more skin in the game in local conflicts in Ukraine and a possible one in Taiwan, respectively, making them very hard for Washington to "win." 

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Should Israel Take Out Iran’s Nuclear Facilities?
Executive Vice President Trita Parsi debates Gadi Taub
The Monk Debates, 4/30/25

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Appeasement Is Underrated
By Board Member Stephen Walt
Foreign Policy, 4/30/24


What happened at Munich in 1938 is largely irrelevant to the issues facing us today, and invoking it is more likely to mislead than to inform. It’s a bumper sticker masquerading as serious analysis.

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New Estimate of Chinese Military Spending Doesn’t Hold Water
By Senior Research Fellow William Hartung
Forbes, 4/29/24


Inflated estimates of Chinese military spending aren’t just inaccurate. They are also irresponsible, because they help feed the false narrative that a militarized approach is the best way to manage the U.S.-China relationship.

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Letter: Global South Leery of U.S. Double Standards on Trade
By Global South Director Sarang Shidore
Financial Times, 4/30/24

The new global economy must be co-created by north and south working together if it is to have any legitimacy.

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MORE. MORE. MORE.

As Opposition to Israel’s War in Gaza Grows, Boeing Arms Sales Draw Scrutiny by Paige Cornwell/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Seattle Times, 5/3/24

Biden’s Failure to Rejoin the Iran Nuclear Deal Was an Unforced Error by Bon Dreyfuss/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Nation, 5/3/24

Diplomacy Watch: Ukraine Losing Ground as It Awaits U.S. Aid by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 5/3/24

Student Gaza Solidarity Movement Draws on Long History of Divestment by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung & Junior Research Fellow Nick Cleveland-Stout, Inkstick Media, 5/3/24

U.S. Government Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Spread Propaganda and Silence American Critics by Lee Fang/ Quoted: Grand Strategy Director George Beebe, The Federalist, 5/3/24

In Deterrence We Trust? Cold War Questions Make a Comeback by Anna Mulrine Grobe & Sarah Matusek/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, The Christian Science Monitor, 5/3/24

The Ukraine Aid Package Heightens the Risk of Escalation by Board Member Katrina vanden Heuvel & James Carden/Quoted: Grand Strategy Director George Beebe, The Nation, 5/2/24

Killer AI Is a Patriotic Duty? Silicon Valley Comes to Washington by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 5/2/24

The Daunting Challenges Facing Biden's Sudan Envoy by Junior Research Fellow Dan Ford, Responsible Statecraft, 5/1/24

Trump Blasts Bibi but Says U.S. Would 'Protect' Israel Against Iran by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 5/1/24

Sec Def: U.S. Military on Pier Can Respond if Shot at in Gaza by Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 4/30/24

Where Is the U.S. Military's $320M Pier Project? by Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 4/30/24

Cuba Is Ailing, but the Regime Remains Sturdy by Non-Resident Fellow William LeoGrande, Foreign Policy, 4/29/24

The Shortsighted U.S.-Japan-South Korea Military Pact by Research Associate James Park, Responsible Statecraft, 4/28/24 

U.S. Doubles Down on Israel Support as Campus Protests Rage Over Gaza by Brad Dress/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Hill, 4/27/24

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