** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy in the news
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** September 13, 2020
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** FEATURED
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Greek and Turkish ships are playing chicken at sea. There’s already been one crash.
By Research Fellows Rachel Esplin Odell & Annelle Sheline
Washington Post, 9/12/20
Last weekend, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded that Greece engage in talks over escalating tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, warning that “they’re either going to understand the language of politics and diplomacy, or in the field with painful experiences.” The Greek government, meanwhile, announced further steps this week to bolster the country’s defenses.
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Patton and Westy meet in a bar: A play of many parts in one act
By Andrew Bacevich, President
TomDispatch, 9/10/20
It’s only mid-afternoon and Army Lieutenant General Victor Constant has already had a bad day. Soon after he arrived at the office at 0700, the Chief had called. “Come see me. We need to talk.”
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Why Trump's secret isn't so secret and not much of a weapon
By Joe Cirincione, Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 9/10/20
Donald Trump’s reveal to the Washington Post’s Bob Woodward of a new, secret nuclear weapon would be a major security breach and a trigger to an accelerated nuclear arms race, if true.
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Ending sanctions on Syria is meant to help the Syrian people, not Assad
By Steven Simon, Senior Research Analyst
Responsible Statecraft, 9/4/20
The only way to secure U.S. interests and diminish the suffering of ordinary Syrians — that is, to act both strategically and ethically — is to take our knee off the neck of the Syrian people through sanctions relief and the gradual restoration of Syrian oil revenue to the state via a phased, hardnosed arrangement with the Syrian government.
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Manipulating the election manipulation story
By Paul Pillar, Non-Resident Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 9/3/20
The social media industry has added more shovelfuls to the mountain of evidence that Russia interfered significantly in the 2016 U.S. election and is at it again in 2020. Facebook and Twitter announced that they are taking down fake accounts that the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency had been using, along with a website posing as a left-leaning news site, to make it look like American liberals were giving reasons not to support Joe Biden.
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An end to 'endless wars?' Don't believe it
By Andrew Bacevich, President
Los Angeles Times, 8/31/20
Americans have lots on their minds these days — a deadly pandemic, a devastated economy, urban unrest, a national reckoning with racism, hurricanes and wildfires and, at the highest levels of government, epic dysfunction. Oh, yes, and a presidential election. But they would do well to pay at least a modicum of attention to the latest plot twist in what used to be called the global war on terrorism.
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WEBINAR: U.S. policy on Syria: Is regime change worth state failure?
Speakers: Steven Simon, Rim Turkmani, and Michael Doran. Moderated by Joshua Landis.
Quincy Institute, 9/10/20
Most observers assess that Bashar al-Assad has won the Syrian civil war, even as outside powers still seek to expand their influence and presence on the ground. As the civil war has ebbed, half of all Syrians have been forced from their homes, their health is in grave jeopardy and poverty is rife. U.S. policy is to use sanctions on Syria and on foreign aid organizations to unseat Assad, while creating a quagmire for Russia. The consequences of this policy have worsened the situation of ordinary Syrians without having forced Assad out or thwarting Russia’s interest in Syria. Should the U.S. stay the course in the hope of ejecting Assad and frustrating Moscow, or should it relent and permit reconstruction in Syria to proceed?
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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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* A new U.S. ambassador ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Bryan Bender/ Cited: Quincy institute, Morning Defense/ Politico, 9/11/20
* PANEL: North Korea and America 2021: What comes next? ([link removed][UNIQID]) Featured: Senior Research Fellow for East Asia Jessica Lee, The National Interest, 9/11/20
* U.S. troops leaving Middle East doesn't mean end of conflict, ([link removed][UNIQID]) Interviewed: President Andrew Bacevich, Boston Public Radio, 9/10/20
* PANEL: It’s time for the U.S. to rethink North Korea polic ([link removed][UNIQID]) y ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Featured: Board Chair Suzanne DiMaggio, United States Institute for Peace, 9/10/20
* Does Saudi Arabia need to change its strategy? ([link removed][UNIQID]) Interviewed: Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow, Middle East, TRT World, 9/9/10
* U.S. cuts troop presence in Iraq as military expresses confidence in Iraqi security forces ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Kim Hjelmgaard/ Cited: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, USA Today, 9/9/20
* Reactions to Trump's ([link removed][UNIQID]) disparaging ([link removed][UNIQID]) comments on fallen troop ([link removed][UNIQID]) s ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Interviewed: President Andrew Bacevich, FusionTV, 9/8/20
* Great decisions: U.S.-South Korea relations ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Interviewed: Senior Research Fellow for East Asia Jessica Lee, Foreign Policy Association, 9/7/20
* Trump, under fire for alleged comments about veterans, has a long history of disparaging military service ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Interviewed: President Andrew Bacevich, President, Washington Post, 9/6/2020
* U.S. elections: Trump’s Republican heirs show China critics are here to stay ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Ethan Paul/ Cited: Deputy Director for Policy and Research Stephen Wertheim, South China Morning Post, 9/6/20
* Veterans slam Trump for reportedly disparaging military service members ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Jeremy Fox/ Quoted: President Andrew Bacevich, Boston Globe, 9/4/20
* Trump’s pick for Afghanistan ambassador wants to withdraw U.S. troops immediately ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Dan Spinelli/ Cited: Quincy Institute, Mother Jones, 9/4/20
* Does Saudi Arabia need to change its strategy? ([link removed][UNIQID]) Interviewed: Research Fellow for the Middle East Annelle Sheline, The NewsMakers on TRT World, 9/3/20
* Peace yes, but please don’t whitewash UAE dictatorship ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Doug Bandow/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The American Conservative, 9/3/20
* Red alert from national security officials: Trump endangers us on every front ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Interviewed: Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow Joe Cirincione, Act.TV, 9/2/20
* PANEL: The implications of the Israel-United Arab Emirates (UAE) deal ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Featured: Research Fellow for the Middle East Annelle Sheline, Foundation for Middle East Peace, 9/2/20
* How is it already September? ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Cited: Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow Joe Cirincione, Politico Playbook, 9/1/20
* When will Donald Trump stop even one endless war? ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Doug Bandow/ Quoted Senior Research Analyst Steven Simon and Non-Resident Fellow Josh Landis, Antiwar.com, 8/31/20
* Trump administration’s failed snapback effort ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Interviewed: Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President, DW News, 8/29/20
* PODCAST: Restraint in the Middle East ([link removed][UNIQID]) , Interviewed: Research Fellow for Middle East Annelle Sheline, The Empire Has No Clothes/ The American Conservative, 8/27/20
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