** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy in the news
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** May 24, 2020
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** UPCOMING WEBINARS
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** The future of the U.S.-Saudi relationship
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Date: Wednesday, 5/27/20
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** Time: 2:00-3:00 PM ET
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Saudi Arabia and the United States have had close ties for decades. The U.S.-Saudi relationship was built on a tacit quid pro quo of Saudi oil for America’s guarantee of security. However, the relationship has been challenged at various points by conflicting interests, including Saudi Arabia's recent oil price war with Russia, which harmed American shale oil producers and caused several U.S. politicians to call for a "rethink" of the relationship.
In the context of a possible post-oil future and an increasingly multipolar geopolitical order, should the U.S. revise its relationship with Saudi Arabia? Would tougher love between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia help stabilize the region, or would it undermine U.S. national interests and intensify existing rivalries in the region? How will Saudi Arabia react to what increasingly appears to be an inevitable U.S. military drawdown in the Middle East?
Join us for a timely and important conversation with Madawi al-Rasheed, Greg Gause, and Aaron David Miller. Quincy's Annelle Sheline will moderate.
** South Korea’s legislative election results and their implications for U.S.-South Korea relations
Date: Wednesday, 5/27/20
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM ET
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On April 15, South Korea held one of the world’s first national elections during the coronavirus pandemic. The voter turnout was 66.2%, the highest turnout for South Korea’s legislative election in almost 30 years.
How will the National Assembly and South Korean President Moon Jae-in tackle outstanding bilateral issues, such as the Special Measures Agreement and diplomacy with North Korea? How does the U.S. Congress view these issues? How does South Korea view rising U.S.-China tensions?
Speakers will include Representative Ami Bera, Ambassador Sung-hwan Kim, and Dr. Chung-in Moon. Quincy's Jessica Lee will moderate the discussion. This event is co-sponsored by the East Asia Foundation.
** FEATURED
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Trump’s epic coronavirus fail follows Bush’s 9/11 playbook
By Steven Simon, Senior Research Analyst
Foreign Policy, 5/19/20
Hopeful, rousing, presidential—former U.S. President George W. Bush’s video message calling for national unity during the COVID-19 crisis struck all the right notes we have learned not to expect from Donald Trump. True to his vindictive form, Trump lost no time mocking Bush, whose message quickly went viral after it was released on May 2.
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Still, the Global War on Terrorism goes on
By Andrew Bacevich, President
Spectator USA, 5/18/20
I can think of only a single positive thing to say about World War One: it ended. Yet in addition to precluding any further waste of lives, the Armistice of November 1918, and the ensuing Paris Peace Conference did something else. They allowed historians and other writers to begin taking stock of this ghastly episode, which had caused death and destruction on an unprecedented scale.
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WEBINAR: Anti-Asian racism and its implications for civil liberties and national security
Speakers: Rep. Judy Chu, Gordon Chang, Peter Beinart, & Jessica Lee. Moderated by Kaiser Kuo.
Co-sponsored by Quincy Institute & Jewish Currents, 5/21/20
The rise in anti-Asian hate crimes related to COVID-19 pandemic is alarming from civil liberties and human rights perspectives. But the stigmatization of Asian Americans also arguably has a negative impact on U.S. national security. Anti-Asian bigotry coming from the very top of the U.S. government risks driving away the Americans the U.S. national security apparatus needs to navigate Asia’s rising strategic importance.
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WEBINAR: The essential role of dissent in government
Speakers: Elizabeth Shackelford and Ambassador Nancy McEldowney. Moderated by Andrew Albertson.
Co-sponsored by Quincy Institute & Foreign Policy for America, 5/22/20
The ongoing global health crisis has revealed the costs of a government unwilling to correct its course. While the Trump administration carries disdain for contrary opinions to a new level, the culture of the federal government has long dismissed voices of dissent, frequently to our peril. In her book, The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age, Elizabeth Shackelford shares her personal experience as a diplomat trying to push back against the status quo, and offers insight into the State Department’s long history of ignoring others who have tried to do the same.
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** MORE. MORE. MORE
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* National security and the lasting damage of ruthless partisanship ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Paul Pillar, Responsible Statecraft, 5/20/20
* Why letting our allies get nuclear weapons is a bad idea ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Joe Cirincione and Zack Brown, Responsible Statecraft, 5/20/20
* Should Washington acquiesce to its allies developing nuclear weapons? ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Doug Bandow, Responsible Statecraft, 5/19/20
* How anti-Asian rhetoric harms US national security ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Jessica Lee, Senior Research Fellow for East Asia, Responsible Statecraft, 5/19/20
* Kim Jong Un disappeared from view, but North Korea’s problems never left ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Timothy Martin & Dasi Yoon, Quoted: Jessica Lee, Senior Research Fellow for East Asia, Wall Street Journal, 5/17/20
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