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Subject Highlights of the Week @ QI: Syria descends into violence, what Europe's rearmament plan gets wrong, Rep Adam Smith in the house, & more
Date March 16, 2025 6:00 PM
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** FEATURED
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** WEBINAR
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** A New Approach to America’s Role in the World
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Featuring Representative Adam Smith & Executive Vice President Trita Parsi

Quincy Institute, 3/12/25
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** POLICY NOTE
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** Saudi–Israel Normalization: Parameters for an Acceptable Deal
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By Executive Vice President Trita Parsi & Research Fellow Annelle Sheline

Quincy Institute, 3/12/25

U.S. involvement in a Saudi–Israel deal must serve U.S. interests.
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** ARTICLE
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** When Anti-War Protesters Are Called National Security Threats
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By Lora Lumpe, CEO

Responsible Statecraft, 3/11/25

Is this what VP Vance meant by free speech 'in retreat'? Case of detained green card holder shows how 'brittle' our rights are here, too.
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** DIGITAL
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** Syria Descends Into Violence
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Interview with Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis

Rising/The Hill, 3/10/25

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** ARTICLE
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** What Europe’s New Rearmament Plan Gets Wrong
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By Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven

Time, 3/14/25

A mad rush to re-arm will actually weaken European security and cost far too much in ways that their populations will not support for long.
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** ARTICLE
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** The Return of Spheres of Influence
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By Monica Duffy Toft, Non-Resident Fellow

Foreign Affairs, 3/13/25

Will negotiations over Ukraine be a new Yalta Conference that carves up the world?

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** UPCOMING EVENTS
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** WEBINAR
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** The Unfinished Mission: Afghan SIV Partners, U.S. Veterans, and the Legacy of War
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Tuesday, March 18, 12:00-1:00 PM ET

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** Can Europe Rearm and Improve Relations with Russia at the Same Time?
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Tuesday, March 25, 12:00-1:00 PM ET

Featuring Non-Resident Fellow Almut Rochanowski, Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Jeremy Shapiro, & Martin Quencez; moderated by Research Fellow Zach Paikin
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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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** ARTICLES
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** AP: U.S. Officials Want to Send Palestinians to Sudan, Somali ([link removed])
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By Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

Responsible Statecraft, 3/14/25


** Are Democrats Regretting Trying To Out-Hawk Trump? ([link removed])
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By Matthew Petti/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi

Reason, 3/13/25


** European Militarism on Steroids Is Not Good, Either ([link removed])
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By Non-Resident Fellow Almut Rochowanski

Responsible Statecraft, 3/13/25


** Mr. Trump, You Would've Been Lucky to Have Dan Davis on Your Team ([link removed])
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By Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

Responsible Statecraft, 3/12/25


** No, a Ceasefire Is Not a ‘Bad Deal’ for Russia ([link removed])
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By Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven

Responsible Statecraft, 3/12/25


** Top House Dem: Party's Embrace of Hawks 'Is a Problem' ([link removed])
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By Managing Editor Ben Armbruster

Responsible Statecraft, 3/12/25


** DOGE Can Help Close Empty, Useless Military Bases Across U.S. ([link removed])
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By Junior Research Fellow Nick Cleveland-Stout & Christopher Preble

Responsible Statecraft, 3/11/25


** Israel and Turkey: The Showdown That Could Shape Syria's Future ([link removed])
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By Giorgio Cafiero/ Quoted: Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis

The New Arab, 3/11/25


** Kurds Sign Deal in Syria: Case for U.S. Troops There 'Weaker Than Ever' ([link removed])
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By Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

Responsible Statecraft, 3/11/25


** Cracks in European ‘Unity’ on Ukraine ([link removed])
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By Non-Resident Fellow Eldar Mamedov

Responsible Statecraft, 3/11/25


** Now Do Netanyahu': Philippines' Duterte Arrested Under ICC Warrant for Crimes Against Humanity ([link removed])
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By Eloise Goldsmith/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi

Common Dreams, 3/11/25


** The U.S. and Russia Come Together on Syria ([link removed])
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By Non-Resident Fellow Eldar Mamedov

The American Conservative, 3/11/25


** Two Sessions: Unveiling a Road Map for Tech Future ([link removed])
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By Non-Resident Fellow Denis Simon

China Daily, 3/11/25


** Is Romania Testing Vance's Charge That Europe Is Becoming 'Anti-Democratic'? ([link removed])
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By Research Fellow Mark Episkopos

Responsible Statecraft, 3/10/25


** Pentagon Keeps Pouring Cash Into Golf Courses — Even As Trump Slashes Government Spending ([link removed])
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By Nick Turse/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung

The Intercept, 3/10/25


** The Danger in Suspending Aid to Ukraine Longterm ([link removed])
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By Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven

Responsible Statecraft, 3/9/25


** BROADCAST
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** The PKK’s Future: Real Dissolution or Strategic Shift? ([link removed])
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Featuring Gönül Tol & Burcu Ozcelik; moderated by Deputy Middle East Director Adam Weinstein

Quincy Institute, 3/14/25


** Will Trump End the War in Ukraine? ([link removed])
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Interview with Grand Strategy Director George Beebe

Undercurrents with Emily Jashinsky/ Unherd, 3/13/25


** Ukraine Ceasefire? ([link removed])
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Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven

The John Batchelor Show/ CBS, 3/13/25

Syria Witnesses Major Violence in Coastal Region ([link removed])

Interview with Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis

The World, 3/10/25


** U.S. and Ukrainian Officials Meet in Saudi Arabia ([link removed])
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Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven

Al Jazeera, 3/10/25


** DIGITAL
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** Could the Ukraine War Be Nearing an End? ([link removed])
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Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven

Inside Story/ Al Jazeera, 3/13/25


** Musk’s Outsized Influence Over China Policy ([link removed])
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Interview with Research Fellow Michael Swaine

Background Briefing with Ian Masters, 3/12/25


** The Russia-Ukraine War, Trump, and a Potential Peace Deal ([link removed])
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Interview with Board Member Katrina vanden Heuvel

Letters and Politics/ 94.1 KPFA, 3/12/25


** How Israel Is Driving Syria’s New Leadership Into Turkey’s Arms ([link removed])
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Interview with Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis

Al-Monitor, 3/11/25


** Can the New Syria Keep It Together? Massacres Prompt Fears of Return to Civil War ([link removed])
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Featuring Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis

France 24, 3/10/25
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