** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy in the news
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** August 30, 2020
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** FEATURED
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The U.S. Army discovers a new mission: China
By Andrew Bacevich, President
The American Conservative, 8/25/20
The United States Army is moving on. In Afghanistan and Iraq, U.S. troops fought long and hard and bravely. Alas, their sacrifices did not result in anything like the decisive victories that were promised when those wars began years ago. But rather than getting all hung up on what went amiss, Army leaders have identified a new arena of ground combat: the Indo-Pacific, with China openly identified as Enemy No. 1.
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Arab rulers may face greater criticism if populations can no longer displace resentment at Israel
By Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow for the Middle East
Responsible Statecraft, 8/26/20
A wave of commentary followed the August 13 announcement of the normalization of relations between the UAE and Israel, as observers debated the impact of the deal on the region, the effect on the Israel-Palestine conflict, if other countries would follow suit, and whether or not the deal was as historic as the Trump administration has claimed.
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How to manufacture a ‘new Cold War’ with China
By Rachel Esplin Odell, Research Fellow for East Asia
Responsible Statecraft, 8/26/20
In recent months, many observers have sounded the alarm that hardening U.S. policy toward China could provoke a “new cold war.” As I wrote with my colleague, Quincy Institute Deputy Director of Research and Policy Stephen Wertheim in the New York Times, hawkish members of the Trump administration are using the current pandemic as an opportunity to launch a long-desired cold war that had failed to gain traction amidst Trump’s push for a phase-one trade deal.
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What the fight for women’s equality teaches us about the fight for peace
By CEO Lora Lumpe & Algene Sajery
Responsible Statecraft, 8/26/20
Today is Women’s Equality Day, which this year marks the 100th anniversary of the successful campaign by a group of sophisticated and dedicated women to write, lobby, and campaign their way into voting rights for women. The tactics that they used to change the prevailing political elite perception of the time — that women could not be trusted with the vote — are instructive for our efforts today to change attitudes about the centrality of militarism in U.S. foreign policy and the idea that we cannot have security unless we dominate the world militarily.
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A cold war with China?
By Zack Brown/ Interviewed: Lora Lumpe, CEO
The National Interest, 8/28/20
Lora Lumpe, the CEO of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, believes the United States is “sliding seamlessly into the next decades-long era of superpower competition”—this time with China.
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What Trump’s troop withdrawal from Iraq means for ending America’s endless wars
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
Responsible Statecraft, 8/28/20
The Wall Street Journal scoop on the details of the Trump administration’s troop withdrawal from Iraq is welcome news. Reportedly, President Donald Trump is cutting U.S. troop levels by one-third, to about 3,500 troops from 5,200. This move would bring force levels back to where they were in 2015, at the height of the war against ISIL, which in and of itself demonstrates how unnecessary the troop level increases have been mindful of the decimation of the Islamic State.
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Trita Parsi on the Trump administration’s failed snapback effort
Interviewed: Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
DW News, 8/27/20
Despite the administration’s unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018, administration officials attempted to use the “snapback” provisions of the JCPOA to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran, which was roundly rejected by both U.S. allies and adversaries on the Security Council.
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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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* PODCAST: Cold War 2.0 ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Tom Collina and Michelle Dover/ Interviewed: CEO Lora Lumpe, Press the Button, 8/24/20
* PODCAST: Successful diplomacy with Iran ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Negar Mortazavi/ Interviewed: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Iran Podcast, 8/25/20
* PODCAST: Quitting the Middle East ([link removed][UNIQID]) with Daniel Larison, Matt Purple & Kelley Vlahos/ Interviewed: Research Fellow for Middle East Annelle Sheline, Empire Has No Clothes, 8/24/20
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