Weekly Round-Up

Quincy in the news

December 6, 2020

UPCOMING WEBINARS

With the most powerful military on earth,
why can’t we decisively win wars?

Wednesday, December 9
2:00 pm Eastern

 
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Given all of the resources put into warmaking, why does the US have such a poor track record at winning wars? Critics attribute many things — bad foreign policy, weak strategy, and an over-reliance on “future combat” systems and other programs geared towards pleasing defense industry interests and Pentagon technocrats. Beyond that, the military has an inflexible culture that rewards loyalty over out of the box thinking, leading often to bad decisions and the inability to recalibrate when things go wrong.

Join Defense Priorities' Ret. Col. Danny Davis, Center for Defense Information's Mandy Smithberger, and Qi's Mark Perry as we discuss what immediate and longer term steps can be taken to turn things around as the US nears its 20th year in Afghanistan, and all eyes are on China as the next military challenge. QI's Kelley Vlahos will moderate.

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AWARD CEREMONY: Barbara Lee receives inaugural Quincy Award for Responsible Statecraft
With Representative Barbara Lee & President Andrew Bacevich
Quincy Institute, 12/4/20 
WATCH HERE

A new direction: A foreign policy playbook on military restraint for the Biden team
By Quincy Institute staff
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, 12/3/20

Two decades of endless war and a bloated Pentagon budget that has proven useless in preventing Covid–19 deaths, now 270,000 and counting, are a jarring reminder that America’s foreign policy is thoroughly broken: It actually makes America and Americans less safe. 
READ HERE

Biden's foreign policy challenges
Interview with Stephen Wertheim, Deputy Director Research and Policy 
The Mehdi Hasan Show-Peacock, 11/30/20
WATCH HERE

Will Oman’s new income tax be the start of a political sea change in the Gulf?
By Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow
World Politics Review, 12/4/20

In early November, Oman’s government announced plans to institute an income tax on high earners by 2022. The policy will break precedent in the oil-rich Gulf, where states tend to pay their citizens, rather than requiring citizens to pay the state...
READ HERE

A bold peace offensive to engage North Korea
By Non-Resident Fellow George Lopez & Frank Aum
War on the Rocks, 12/4/20

Early next year, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to present the new Joe Biden administration with a provocative housewarming gift, most likely a missile test. This aggressive conversation piece would seek to shift attention back to the Korean Peninsula and kickstart diplomacy on Pyongyang’s preferred terms...
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Biden says ‘America is back.’ But will his team of insiders repeat their old mistakes?
By Samuel Moyn, Non-Resident Fellow
The Guardian, 11/30/20

The big question for the US president-elect, Joe Biden, who has taken “build back better” as his motto, is whether this will mean genuine renovation or mere restoration...
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Joe Biden and new administration could renew economic sanctions
By George Lopez, Non-Resident Fellow
The Hill, 12/4/20

As Joe Biden assembles his national security and foreign policy teams, an important issue will be economic sanctions. The need to restore this once effective, but recently misused, tool for advancing our American interests has never been as challenging...
READ HERE

Will diplomacy between the US and Iran implode before Biden takes office?
Interview with Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
The Mehdi Hasan Show-Peacock, 11/30/20

WATCH HERE

WEBINAR: China in AfPak: Competition or cooperation?
With QI's Adam Weinstein, Ammara Durrani, & Andrew Small; moderated by Michael Kugelman
Quincy Institute, 12/2/20

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WEBINAR: The future of the US-ROK alliance
With QI's Michael Swaine & Jessica Lee, Heung-kyu Kim, & Jung-sup Kim; moderated by Jung-Yeop Woo
Quincy Institute & Sejong Institute, 12/1/20

WATCH HERE

MORE. MORE. MORE.

A deeper rethinking by Bryan Bender/ Cited: Quincy Institute, The Daily Defense-Politico, 12/4/20

Battle heats up for House Foreign Affairs gavel by Laura Kelly/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Hill, 12/2/20

PODCAST: Biden’s window of opportunity with Iran, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, What Next-Slate, 12/2/20

PODCAST: Why Biden can't go back to the foreign policy status quo, Interview with Deputy Director of Research and Policy Stephen Wertheim, The Majority Report, 12/2/20

PODCAST: American military supremacy is not inevitable, Interview with Deputy Director for Policy and Research Stephen Wertheim, The Politics of Everything-- The New Republic, 12/2/20

PODCAST: Tomorrow, the world: The birth of US global supremacy, Interview with Deputy Director for Policy and Research Stephen Wertheim, CATO Daily, 12/2/20

Facing up to Israel’s destabilizing behavior by Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, Responsible Statecraft, 12/2/20

After Trump’s lies, the establishment’s tripe and self-deception by President Andrew Bacevich,  The American Conservative, 12/1/20

How US media manipulates Iran’s nuclear program into a sinister myth by Managing Editor Benjamin Armbruster, Responsible Statecraft, 12/1/20

The Houthis and the misuse of the terrorist organization list by Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, Responsible Statecraft, 12/1/20

Trump exit prompts calls for arms control offer to Kim Jong Un by Edward White/ Quoted: Research Fellow Jessica Lee, Financial Times, 11/30/20

Biden faces new Iran challenges after nuclear scientist killed by Laura Kelly & Rebecca Kheel/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Hill, 11/30/20

Will the assassination of an Iranian scientist sabotage Biden attempt for Iran nuclear deal?, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Rising--HillTV Live, 11/30/20

President Pompeo? How one secretary turned a doctrine into a possible bid for higher office by Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Responsible Statecraft, 11/30/20

Withdrawal from Afghanistan is Trump’s gift to Joe Biden by Senior Analyst Mark Perry, The National Interest, 11/26/20
 
 
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