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Subject Highlights of the Week @ QI: Implications of the Ukrainian incursion into Russia, memory-holing Gaza, Iran's strategic calculus, & more
Date August 18, 2024 5:59 PM
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** Weekly Round Up
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** August 18, 2024
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UPCOMING EVENT
Webinar
Heading Toward War? Reevaluating Taiwan’s Status Quo
Tuesday, August 20, 12:00-1:00 PM Eastern

Featuring Paul Heer & Shelley Rigger; moderated by Senior Research Fellow Michael Swaine

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Will a Saudi-Israel Normalization Deal Undermine Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts?
Wednesday, August 21, 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern

Featuring Jeremy Pressman, Rula Jebreal, & Jon Hoffman; moderated by Executive Vice President Trita Parsi

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Trump vs. Harris: Whose Foreign Policy Will Win the 2024 Election?
Wednesday, August 28, 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern

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Book Talk – Foreign Agents: How American Lobbying and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World
Thursday, August 28, 12:00-1:00 PM Eastern

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How Trump Should Deal With Iran
By Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
The American Conservative, 8/12/24

How Trump plays his hand with Iran at the outset of his potential second term can determine whether he’ll be the dealmaker that brings U.S. troops home from the Middle East or not.

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Special Interests Are Pushing a Dangerous New Nuclear Missile
By Senior Research Fellow William Hartung
Tribune News Service , 8/13/24
(This syndicated article was published in 32 additional local papers across the country.)

Given that a new ICBM will make the world a more dangerous place, why is the Sentinel program still going forward? The short answer is that there’s money to be made.

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Symposium
What Does Ukraine's Incursion Into Russia Really Mean?
Responsible Statecraft, 8/15/24

Ten experts gauge the short and long term effects of Kyiv’s bold invasion on the war; featuring contributions from Research Fellow Mark Episkopos, Board Member Stephen Walt, and Non-Resident Fellows Monica Duffy Toft and Non-Resident Fellow John Mearsheimer.

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Why Did Washington Memory-Hole Gaza?
By Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
The American Conservative, 8/13/24

Suddenly a White House “priority”—getting aid to starving civilians—has vanished from the news cycle.

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Digital
For Iran, Does Deescalation Outweigh the Cost of Escalation?
Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
The Bottom Line/ Al Jazeera, 8/12/24

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America’s Missed Chance in Afghanistan
By Non-Resident Fellow Monica Duffy Toft, Christopher Preble, & Michael Cohen
Foreign Affairs, 8/15/24

Washington’s failure in Afghanistan reflects a deep-seated American pathology: the belief that victory in war is a zero-sum game, in which the United States must score an unambiguous win and its opponent must lose everything.

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Webinar
Illusions of Control: Dilemmas in Managing U.S. Proxy Forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria
Featuring Deputy Middle East Director Adam Weinstein & Erica Gaston
Quincy Institute, 8/15/24

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** MORE FROM THE QI TEAM
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The U.S. Is Confident in Its Cease-Fire Proposal. Hamas Has Issues With it. ([link removed]) [link removed] Eric Bazail-Eimil, Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Politico, 8/16/24

Diplomacy Watch: Ukrainian Officers Tied to Nord Stream Blasts ([link removed]) by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 8/16/24

Peace Hopes Dashed as Sudan's Warring Factions Blow Off Talks ([link removed]) by Junior Research Fellow Dan Ford, Responsible Statecraft, 8/16/24

The Dangerous Decline in Israeli Strategy ([link removed]) by Board Member Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy, 8/16/24

RADIO: Ukrainian Incursion Pushes on Toward Kursk Oblast ([link removed]) , Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, The John Batchelor Show/ CBS, 8/15/24

DOD Defies Order to Clean Up 'Forever Chemicals' in Arizona ([link removed]) by Junior Research Fellow Nick Cleveland-Stout, Responsible Statecraft, 8/15/24

WEBINAR: Taliban in Power - Three Years On ([link removed]) , Interview with Deputy Middle East Director Adam Weinstein, Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, 8/14/24

Have Americans Held by Hamas Become an Afterthought? ([link removed]) by Deputy Middle East Director Adam Weinstein, Responsible Statecraft, 8/14/24

China’s Rising Diplomatic Power ([link removed]) by Ted Snider/ Quoted: Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Antiwar, 8/14/24

Report: Israelis Using Gaza Civilians as Human Shields ([link removed]) by Reporter Aaron Sobczak, Responsible Statecraft, 8/14/23

What Was the Biden Doctrine? ([link removed]) By Board Member Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Foreign Affairs, 8/14/24

Chinese Funded Port Reawakens Thailand's Colonial Ghosts ([link removed]) by Interns Hadley Spadaccini & Marc Makornwattana, Responsible Statecraft, 8/13/24

Is Israel's Netanyahu Provoking a Regional War in the Middle East? ([link removed]) by Hanna Davis/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The New Arab, 8/13/24

After Billions More for Israeli Military, Biden Joins Call for Cease-Fire ([link removed]) by Jessica Corbett/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi & Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Common Dreams, 8/12/24

AIPAC Had Some Recent Wins But It Isn't Invincible ([link removed]) by Reporter Aaron Sobczak, Responsible Statecraft, 8/12/24

Report: Nearly 2% of Gazans Killed in Last 10 Months ([link removed]) by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 8/12/24

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