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

Featuring Grand Strategy Director George Beebe, Non-Resident Fellow Daniel Bessner, & Emily Jashinsky, moderated by Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

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

Featuring Democratizing Foreign Policy Director Ben Freeman & Casey Michel

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FEATURED

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
The U.S. Is Confident in Its Cease-Fire Proposal. Hamas Has Issues With it. By Eric Bazail-Eimil, Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Politico, 8/16/24

Diplomacy Watch: Ukrainian Officers Tied to Nord Stream Blasts by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 8/16/24

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

The Dangerous Decline in Israeli Strategy by Board Member Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy, 8/16/24

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

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

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

Have Americans Held by Hamas Become an Afterthought? by Deputy Middle East Director Adam Weinstein, Responsible Statecraft, 8/14/24

China’s Rising Diplomatic Power by Ted Snider/ Quoted: Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Antiwar, 8/14/24

Report: Israelis Using Gaza Civilians as Human Shields by Reporter Aaron Sobczak, Responsible Statecraft, 8/14/23

What Was the Biden Doctrine? By Board Member Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Foreign Affairs, 8/14/24

Chinese Funded Port Reawakens Thailand's Colonial Ghosts by Interns Hadley Spadaccini & Marc Makornwattana, Responsible Statecraft, 8/13/24

Is Israel's Netanyahu Provoking a Regional War in the Middle East? 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 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 by Reporter Aaron Sobczak, Responsible Statecraft, 8/12/24

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