** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy in the news
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** October 18, 2020
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** UPCOMING WEBINARS
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** US-Pakistan counterterrorism
cooperation beyond Afghanistan
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Time: 2:00pm Eastern
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The conflict in Afghanistan remains the focal point of the fragile and sometimes antagonistic security partnership between the United States and Pakistan. A potential political settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan and withdrawal of US troops will mark a transition in this delicate relationship. Violence has plummeted over the last decade in major cities such as Karachi, but sectarian movements and terror groups are once again gaining traction in the country. The security situation in Pakistan’s tribal areas also remains tense despite their merger with the rest of the country. How will a Pakistani counterterrorism landscape that is increasingly urban, police-led, and affected by sectarian conflict shape the US-Pakistan security relationship?
Join a discussion that delves into significant yet under-explored issues in the US-Pakistan relationship with Shamila Chaudhary, Zoha Waseem, and Asfandyar Mir. QI's Adam Weinstein will moderate.
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** Empire in crisis: A teach-in and symposium
Date: October 22-23, 2020
Time: 11am-6:00pm Eastern
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At the two-day teach-in and symposium, organized by the Colombe Foundation and Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, leading scholars, journalists, and activists will gather to explore the scope, function, and possible futures of US imperialism—both its power and the points at which it can be resisted. Across a series of text-based learning sessions and panel discussions, the seminar will ask: Why do we fight “endless wars”? How does US imperialism connect with the global economy? In what ways has American life been militarized? How do we reform?
Participants will include QI's Non-Resident Fellows Nikhil Pal Singh, and Jeanne Morefield, and Board Member Catherine Lutz.
The teach-in is being held in partnership with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Justice is Global, Veterans for Peace, the DSA International Committee, IfNotNow, National Lawyers Guild, and Brown University’s Costs of War Project.
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America has no reason to be so powerful
By Stephen Wertheim, Deputy Director for Policy and Research
The New York Times, 10/15/20
The next president, whoever he is, will not determine the future of America’s role in the world. Joe Biden does not recognize there is a problem. President Trump has no answers.
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FDD emerges as hub for online harassment against critics of Trump’s State Department
By Eli Clifton, Investigative Journalist at Large
The American Conservative & Responsible Statecraft, 10/14/20
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a think tank that has promoted US military strikes on Iran and is funded by one of President Donald Trump’s biggest campaign megadonors, served as a messaging hub for a controversial taxpayer-funded project, the Iran Disinformation Project, that engaged in harassment of American critics of the Trump administration’s foreign policy in the Middle East.
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World War I and the ideology of empire
By Andrew Bacevich, President CATO Unbound, 10/16/20
I am inclined to agree with Professor Moser’s assessment that “World War I was arguably the most important conflict of the twentieth century.” In terms of lasting historical legacy, it may well be the century’s single most important event of any kind.
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Should US foreign policy focus on great-power competition?
Responses by QI's Trita Parsi, Andrew Bacevich, Stephen Wertheim, Alden Young, John Mearsheimer, Stacie Goddard, & Samuel Moyn
Foreign Affairs, 10/13/20
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces on great-power a number of pieces on great-power competition. To complement these articles, we decided to ask a broad pool of experts for their take. As with previous surveys, we approached dozens of authorities with specialized expertise relevant to the question at hand, together with leading generalists in the field. Participants were asked to state whether they agreed or disagreed with a proposition and to rate their confidence level in their opinion.
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Is Pompeo’s ‘crackdown’ on foreign influence politically timed?
By Investigative Journalist at Large Eli Clifton & Contributing Editor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Responsible Statecraft, 10/15/20
Less than three weeks before the US presidential election, the Trump administration appears to have discovered the dangers of foreign influence in the US political system.
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The hidden costs of the Trump administration’s politicization of intelligence
By Paul Pillar, Non-Resident Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 10/14/20
John Ratcliffe, the Trump partisan and former Texas congressman whom the president installed as director of national intelligence in May, has politicized the intelligence community far more in his less than five months in office than any of his predecessors at DNI ever came close to doing, and probably more than any senior US intelligence official of the past.
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How the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is playing out in Washington
By Matthew Petti, Middle East Intern
Responsible Statecraft, 10/13/20
As the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan rages in the South Caucasus, an army of lobbyists is being paid millions to make sure the United States picks a side.
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After two decades of war, it’s time to shift our focus to diplomacy
By Tom Pickering, Board Member
Responsible Statecraft, 10/13/20
For two decades we have both decided on and then lived with the vision that with the world’s most powerful military, we could use it to solve political and security problems far faster and far more effectively than our past resorts to negotiation. The idea was seductive beyond attractive. It built on the experience of World War II and unconditional surrender. According to Colin Powell, when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Clinton administration, then-US Ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright once asked, “What’s the point of having this superb military that you’re always talking about if we can’t use it?”
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North Korean military parade offers sober reminder of the original ‘forever war’
By Jessica Lee, Senior Research Fellow for East Asia
Responsible Statecraft, 10/12/20
North Korea’s military parade this weekend celebrating the 75th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party was streamed for an international audience. It was expected to be the largest military parade in North Korea’s history. The event was pre-recorded Friday evening and streamed Saturday evening via Korean Central Television (KCTV), a state-owned broadcaster in North Korea.
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Global military dominance has outlived its purpose
By Khody Akhavi, Multimedia Producer/ Featuring: Stephen Wertheim, Deputy Director for Policy and Research
Quincy Institute, 10/15/20
Many Americans no longer understand why their country should police the world. It’s no wonder: global military dominance has outlived its reason for being.
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WEBCAST: The regional implications of intra-Afghan talks
With Barnett Rubin, Elizabeth Threlkeld, & Adam Weinstein. Moderated by Sahar Khan
Quincy Institute, 10/14/20
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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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* PODCAST: Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi on the new era of activist think tanks ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Julian Pecquet & Richard Levick/ Interviewed: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, In House Warrior, 10/15/20
* North Korea has unveiled new weapons, showing Trump failed to tame its nuclear program ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Alex Ward/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow Jessica Lee, Vox, 10/13/20
* National security ‘experts,’ exploiting pandemic fears, show their irrelevance ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Jon Schwarz/ Quoted: Deputy Director for Policy and Research Stephen Wertheim, The Intercept, 10/10/20
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