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June 9, 2024

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UPCOMING EVENT

Webinar
The Results of the European Elections and Their Implications for European External and Domestic Policy

Tuesday, June 11, 12:00-1:00 PM Eastern

Featuring Non-Resident Fellow Molly O’Neal, Wolfgang Streeck, & Matthias Matthijs; moderated by Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven
Quincy Institute, 6/11/24

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Webinar
Book Talk – A Misfit in Moscow: How British Diplomacy in Russia Failed: 2014-2019

Thursday, June 13, 12:00-1:00 PM Eastern

Featuring Ian Proud & Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven


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Webinar
Iraq and the United States: Return to the Status Quo or Calm Before the Storm?

Monday, June 17, 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern

Featuring Senior Research Fellow Steven Simon, Sajad Jiyad, Simona Foltyn & Mohammed Shummary; moderated by Deputy Middle East Director Adam Weinstein


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JUST RELEASED

Video
The Dystopian Future of AI Warfare

By Senior Video Producer Khody Akhavi, Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, & Animator Steve McMaster
Quincy Institute, 6/7/24

Washington and Silicon Valley swear that AI will remake modern war. But will it really transform warfare — or just make Pentagon contractors richer?

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Brief
Implications of a Security Pact with Saudi Arabia

By Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar
Quincy Institute, 6/5/24

A security pact with Saudi Arabia would further enmesh the United States in Middle Eastern disputes and intensify regional divisions. 

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Brief
Private Finance and the Quest to Remake Modern Warfare

By Non-Resident Fellow Michael Brenes & Senior Research Fellow William Hartung
Quincy Institute, 6/3/24

Official Washington is all in on promoting a new type of warfare based on military applications of AI and other emerging technologies. But the history of so-called miracle weapons offers ample reasons to doubt AI’s supposedly transformative potential. 

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FEATURED

'History Will Judge,' State Department Officer Explains Why She Quit Over Gaza Policy
Interview with Research Fellow Annelle Sheline
Rising/ The Hill, 6/4/24

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Another Scenario in the ‘Putin Goes Nuclear’ Analysis
By Research Fellow Mark Episkopos
Financial Times, 6/6/24

NATO leaders should not conflate failed Russian attempts to dissuade the west from aiding Ukraine with the cavalier belief that Russia would not use nuclear weapons when facing an existential threat.

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‘We Did It Too’: The Ugliest Excuse for Israel
By Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
The American Conservative, 6/1/24


U.S. military veterans balk at claims that Israel is superior when it comes to “precision strikes” and protecting civilians.

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A.I. Won’t Transform War. It’ll Only Make Venture Capitalists Richer.
By Non-Resident Fellow Michael Brenes & Senior Research Fellow William Hartung
The New Republic, 6/3/24


The U.S. government is worried about falling behind in the literal A.I. arms race—and Silicon Valley is cashing in with ludicrous promises.

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Biden’s Foreign-Policy Problem Is Incompetence
By Board Member Stephen Walt
Foreign Policy, 6/4/24

The U.S. military’s collapsed pier in Gaza is symbolic of a much bigger issue.

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A New Chinese Exclusion Act
By Deputy East Asia Director Jake Werner
The Nation, 6/4/24


Americans remain open to more complex understandings of China — and solutions that don’t pit the people of each country against the other.

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Modi’s Setback Will Have Little Impact on India’s Foreign Policy
By Global South Director Sarang Shidore
Responsible Statecraft, 6/6/24

India's ties with the U.S. may enter a period of some discord, especially if Biden is re-elected.

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MORE. MORE. MORE.

PODCAST: Reforming the Pentagon for the 21st Century, Interview with Senior Research Fellow Williiam Hartung, Newt's World, 6/8/24

RADIO: Russia Missing at the Normandy Remembrance, Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, John Batchelor Show/ CBS, 6/6/24

Diplomacy Watch: What’s the Point of Swiss Peace Summit? by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 6/6/24

Navy Admiral’s Bribery Charges Expose Greater Rot in the System by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung & Democratizing Foreign Policy Director Ben Freeman, Responsible Statecraft, 6/7/24

RADIO: In the Coast Guard's Wargames, Climate Change is Now a Key Adversary, Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, All Things Considered/ NPR, 6/5/24

20 Unhinged Comments Heard at an AI Conference in DC by Non-Resident Fellow Shana Marshall, Responsible Statecraft, 6/5/24

Biden, With France Visit, Looks to Past and Future of Global Conflicts by Anita Powell/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Voice of America, 6/5/24

House Votes to Sanction ICC for Case Against Israeli Leader by Reporter Connor Echols & Intern Maya Krainc, Responsible Statecraft, 6/5/24

Is Biden Leading From Behind on Ukraine? by Ted Snider/ Quoted: Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Antiwar.com, 6/5/25

'We Are the World Power': Biden Offers Defense of U.S. Primacy by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 6/5/24

Why the U.S. and China Should Work Together on AI by Intern Hadley Spadaccini, Inkstick Media, 6/5/24

DIGITAL: A Trump 2.0 Foreign Policy, Interview with Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Nonzero with Robert Wright, 6/4/24

A Just-Released Watchdog Report Makes the Case for Eliminating Land-Based Nuclear Missiles by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, The Nation, 6/4/24

Conservatives Are Gearing Up for a Major Military Expansion Under Trump 2.0 by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, The Nation, 6/4/24

Iranian Military Adviser Killed in Syria, Reports Say, Two Months After Iran and Israel Came Close to War by Mostafa Salem, Nadeen Ebrahim and Nic Robertson/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, CNN, 6/4/24

Report Urges Congress to Tackle Venture Capitalists Peddling AI 'Miracle Weapons' by Jake Johnson/ Quoted: Non-Resident Fellow Michael Brenes & Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Common Dreams, 6/3/24


DIGITAL: Israel Genocide, Ukraine Doomed, Biden's Folly, Interview with Non-Resident Fellow John Mearsheimer, Breaking Points, 6/2/24
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