** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy in the news
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** December 13, 2020
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** FEATURED
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Neo-primacy and the pitfalls of US strategy towards China
By Joshua Shifrinson, Non-Resident Fellow
Washington Quarterly, 12/11/20
Over the last half decade, a bipartisan consensus has emerged in US foreign policy circles calling for sustained competition with China. The ostensible goals of this competition are to protect the extant international order, block Chinese regional hegemony, and defend American allies—all of which notionally require major changes in US grand strategy.
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Bibi wants Biden to bend the knee
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
Newsweek, 12/10/20
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not one to pull his punches when it comes to American presidents. The assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was not just a particularly daring attack against Iran. It was also Neyantahu's opening salvo against President-elect Joe Biden in what is already set to be an uneasy relationship. Rather than endearing himself and Israel to the new American president, Bibi instead chose to throw the first punch. His signal to Biden was clear: On Iran policy, Israel calls the shots.
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How we can build on Trump’s North Korea policy
By Jessica Lee, Senior Research Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 12/11/20
Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun delivered a speech on Thursday in Seoul on the future of US policy toward the Korean peninsula. While his calls for North Korea to return to the negotiating table and to strengthen the US-South Korea relationship are welcome steps forward, Biegun glossed over key shortcomings of the Trump administration’s Korea policy.
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Why retired general and Raytheon official Lloyd Austin should not head Pentagon
Interview with Andrew Bacevich, President
Democracy Now, 12/11/20
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Are Saudi Arabia and Qatar on the road to reconciliation?
Interview with Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow
TRT World, 12/9/20
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WEBCAST: With the most powerful military on earth, why can’t we decisively win wars?
With Daniel Davis, Mandy Smithberger, & Senior Analyst Mark Perry; moderated by Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Quincy Institute, 12/9/20
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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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* Why Trump’s Somalia gambit won’t make anyone happy ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Non-Resident Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford, Responsible Statecraft, 12/12/20
* REVIEW: Tomorrow, the world: The birth of US global supremacy ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Jessica Tuchman Matthews/ Author: Director of Research and Policy Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2021
* House Dems unite to support the Iran nuclear deal ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Responsible Statecraft, 12/11/20
* Trump sells out future of global food security for Morocco-Israel normalization deal ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Responsible Statecraft, 12/10/20
* US has no plans to aid civilians, reconstruction in Syria ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Research Intern Matthew Petti, Responsible Statecraft, 12/10/20
* Why using Trump sanctions as ‘leverage’ to get more from Iran won’t work ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, Responsible Statecraft, 12/10/20
* There is only one way out of Afghanistan ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Non-Resident Fellow Barnett Rubin, Foreign Affairs, 12/9/20
* WEBCAST: ‘Tomorrow, the world’ with the Truman Project ([link removed][UNIQID]) , discussion with Deputy Director for Research and Policy Stephen Wertheim, Truman Project, 12/9/20
* PODCAST: Biden’s foreign policy picks on Intercepted ([link removed][UNIQID]) , interview with Contributing Editor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Intercepted, 12/9/20
* Trump administration helped GOP donors get Syria oil deal ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Research Intern Matthew Petti, Responsible Statecraft, 12/9/20
* L’équipe Biden, retour à l’anormale? ([link removed][UNIQID]) By Alexis Rapin/ Quoted: Deputy Director for Policy and Research Stephen Wertheim, Le Courrier, 12/9/20
* Into the bramble patch ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Tor Krever/ Quoted: Deputy Director for Policy and Research Stephen Wertheim, New Left Review, 12/8/20
* Senate vote fails to thwart $23B arms package to UAE ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Contributing Editor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, & Research Intern Matthew Petti, Responsible Statecraft, 12/8/20
* Biden bypasses Flournoy, taps General Austin for defense secretar ([link removed][UNIQID]) y ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 12/7/20
* Afghan drawdown set, but Biden will have final say ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Dave Makichuk/ Quoted: Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, Asia Times, 12/4/20
* WEBCAST: ‘Tomorrow, the world: The birth of US global supremacy’ with SETA Foundation ([link removed][UNIQID]) , discussion with Deputy Director for Policy and Research Stephen Wertheim, SETA Foundation, 12/4/20
* Trump’s parting gift to Biden: An even worse catastrophe in Yemen ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Akbar Shahid Ahmed/ Quoted: Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Huffington Post, 11/30/20
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