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John Bolton can stomach Kim Jong Un’s North Korea, but not Iran
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
Foreign Policy, 6/25/20
Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton’s revenge book hasn’t revealed much that is new. It mostly adds details to already-known episodes of President Donald Trump’s mismanagement of world affairs. But there is one exception: the story of Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to sabotage Trump’s would-be diplomacy with Tehran. This episode reveals something crucial and until now not fully appreciated: Netanyahu’s ferocious opposition to the Iran nuclear deal had little to do with the deal itself and everything to do with the very idea of the United States striking any deal with Iran. The same is true for Saudi Arabia. Whomever occupies the White House next year must address head-on the Israeli prime minister and the Saudi crown prince’s commitment to keeping the United States bogged down in conflict with Iran.
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The Korean War started the trend of endless wars for America. How do we change course?
By Jessica Lee, Senior Research Fellow for East Asia
The National Interest, 6/25/20
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, a conflict that has outlived most who fought in it. The average age of the Korean War veteran who fought alongside the United Nations is 88. Dubbed a “police action” by President Harry Truman, the Korean War was not as light-touch as its legal name might suggest. Five million soldiers and civilians died, of which nearly 40,000 Americans died and more than 100,000 were wounded. Today, 28,500 U.S. troops remain stationed in South Korea, and the threat of the war resuming looms over 76 million Korean people on both sides of the 38th parallel.
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Trump pushes plan to reduce forces in Germany despite bipartisan opposition
By Nick Schifrin/ Interviewed: Andrew Bacevich, President
PBS NewsHour, 6/24/20
President Trump met with Polish President Andrzej Duda at the White House Wednesday -- the first time he has hosted a foreign leader since the pandemic began. Trump reiterated his administration’s plan to base 2,000 American troops in Poland after relocating them from Germany. The move is controversial and has roiled both members of Congress and U.S. allies in Europe.
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John Bolton has a habit of toppling leaders but having no replacement in mind
By Max Abrahms, Non-Resident Fellow
USAToday, 6/25/20
Imagine writing a bestseller to derail a president’s reelection bid without two seconds of thought about whom you’ll vote for instead? Welcome to the world of John Bolton, Trump’s ex-National Security Advisor notorious for using his Washington elite perch over the past several decades to push needless American wars from South America to the Levant, Persian Gulf, and Korean Peninsula.
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Martin Luther King’s giant triplets: racism, militarism, and materialism
By Andrew Bacevich, President
Tom Dispatch, 6/23/20
In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, Americans are finally — or is it once again? — confronting the racism that afflicts this country and extends into just about every corner of our national life. Something fundamental just might be happening.
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WEBINAR: The legacy of the Korean War on U.S. democracy, economy, and society
With Rep. Ro Khanna, Mary Dudziak,& Nikhil Pal Singh. Moderated by Lora Lumpe.
Quincy Institute, 6/25/20
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- Progressives plan to push big cuts to defense spending, citing coronavirus crisis by Alex Emmons/ Quoted: Non-Resident Fellow Gordon Adams, The Intercept, 6/24/20
- The real villain of John Bolton’s Trump book is John Bolton by Alex Ward/ Quoted: Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Shifrinson, Vox, 6/24/20
- Nothing to apologize for: Samantha Power's Bosnia syndrome by Krithika Varagur / Quoted: Deputy Director of Policy and Research Stephen Wertheim, The Drift, 6/24/20
- John Bolton's book revealed one major truth: Trump needs to fire Mike Pompeo by Negar Mortazavi/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Independent, 6/23/20
- EVENT: Is China the new enemy? Confront or cooperate? with Elbridge Colby, Rebeccah Heinrichs, Research Fellow for East Asia Rachel Esplin Odell, & Deputy Director of Policy and Research Stephen Wertheim/ Moderated by Amitai Etzioni. Hosted by Arena Stage Civil Dialogues, 6/22/20
- The first U.S. General to call Trump a bigot by David Freed/ Quoted: President Andrew Bacevich, The Atlantic, 6/22/20
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