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May 26, 2024

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Paper
Cuba’s Role in U.S. Presidential Elections
By Non-Resident Fellow William LeoGrande
Quincy Institute, 5/22/24


In half of U.S. presidential elections since 1960, incumbent presidents have allowed perceived electoral pressure to bend their Cuba policy, by either tightening sanctions or retreating from dialogue.

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Conference
What a Foreign Policy for the Middle Class Looks Like: Realism and Restraint Amid Global Conflict

Quincy Institute & The American Conservative, 5/23/24

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New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity
By Senior Research Fellow Steven Simon & Daniel Benjamin
The Atlantic, 5/20/24

Two decades of U.S. policy appear to be rooted in a mistaken understanding of what happened that day.

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Digital
Death of a President: What a Helicopter Crash Means for Iran, the U.S., and the World
Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
Zeteo, 5/21/24


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Webinar
A U.S.- Kenyan Rescue in Haiti and Its Implications for American Foreign Policy

Featuring Non-Resident Fellow Samar Al-Bulushi, Ambassador Daniel Foote, & Jake Johnston; moderated by Global South Director Sarang Shidore
Quincy Institute, 5/21/24


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Television
Raisi's Death: Implications for Iran and the Region
Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
The Exchange/ CNN, 5/20/24


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Why Realists Oppose the War in Gaza
By Board Member Stephen Walt 
Foreign Policy, 5/21/24

The United States is actively undermining its strategic interests and supporting the mass killing of innocent people.

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Radio
What Iranian President's Death Means for the Country and Region

Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
Here & Now/ NPR, 5/20/24


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U.S. Intelligence Agencies' Embrace of Generative AI Is at Once Wary and Urgent by Frank Bajak / Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Associated Press, 5/24/24

How Fates Diverged in Hispaniola by Catherine Osborn/ Cited: Quincy Institute webinar, Foreign Policy, 5/24/24

Raisi’s Funeral Is About a Lot More Than the Late Iranian President by Tamara Qiblawi/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, CNN,5/23/24

What Iran's Elections Could Signal About Potential for U.S. Escalation by Elizabeth Hagedorn/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Al-Monitor, 5/23/24

Awkward: Will George Clooney Have to Choose, Biden or Amal? by Senior Advisor Eli Clifton, Responsible Statecraft, 5/22/24

Iran’s Use of Proxy Warfare Likely to Persist, Experts Say by Alissa Rubin/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The New York Times, 5/22/24

Protests in New Caledonia Get a Boost From ... Azerbaijan? by Junior Research Fellow Artin Dersimonian, Responsible Statecraft, 5/22/24

Were Joe Biden's Hopes for a Pre-Convention Peace Deal Just Crushed? by Andrew Stanton/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Newsweek, 5/22/24

Reported U.S.-Israel Plan for Gaza ‘Day After' Leaves Enclave in ‘Permanent Instability' by Umar Farooq/ Quoted: Deputy Middle East Director Adam Weinstein, Middle East Eye, 5/22/24

New Bipartisan Bill Allows Military Contractors to Fleece Taxpayers by Freddy Brewster/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Lever News, 5/21/24

TELEVISION: Funeral Services Underway After Iranian President was Killed in Helicopter Crash, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Spectrum News NY1, 5/21/24

GOP Reps Want Same Benefits for Americans Serving in Israel Army by Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 5/21/24

DIGITAL: Iranian Leader Killed in Helicopter Crash, Protest Movement Still Stymied, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Rising/ The Hill, 5/20/24

DIGITAL: What Does Ebrahim Raisi’s Death Mean for Iran?, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi & Non-Resident Fellow Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Inside Story/ Al Jazeera, 5/20/24

Georgia Dreaming: Is Another Color Revolution About to Kick Off? by Vadim Nikitin/ Quoted: Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven & Junior Research Fellow Artin Dersimonian, The Nation, 5/20/24

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi Killed in Helicopter Crash by Kim Hjelmgaard & John Bacon/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, USA Today, 5/20/24

Iran’s President Has Died in Office. Here’s What Happens Next? by Nadeen Ebrahim/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, CNN, 5/20/24

Raisi’s Death Threatens New Instability for Iran by Steven Erlanger/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The New York Times, 5/20/24

Republican Lawmakers Blast ICC Over Netanyahu Warrant by Eric Bazail-Eimil, Anthony Adragna, & Matt Berg/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Politico, 5/20/24

What War Crimes Warrants Would Mean for Netanyahu, Hamas Leaders by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 5/20/24

TELEVISION: Death of Raisi, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, BBC, 5/19/24

TELEVISION: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Killed in Helicopter Crash, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Reidout/ MSNBC, 5/19/24

TELEVISION: Iranian President Raisi Confirmed Dead After Helicopter Crash, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, CNN Newsroom, 5/19/24

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