** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy news highlights
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** January 17, 2021
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** FEATURED
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NEW REPORT:
Toward an inclusive and balanced regional order: A new US strategy in East Asia
By Michael Swaine, Jessica Lee, & Rachel Esplin Odell
Quincy Institute, 1/11/21
Our new report offers the Biden administration a detailed plan to reverse the United States' current course in East Asia, which threatens key US interests and broader security and prosperity in the region, and risks a catastrophic conflict. We call for an American rebalance in the region, toward much deeper diplomatic and economic engagement, and much less military dominance and political control.
READ HERE ([link removed][UNIQID])
Pompeo sets the US up for confrontation with China
By Michael Swaine, East Asia Director
Responsible Statecraft, 1/11/21
The incoming Biden administration should respond with decisiveness and clarity to reject a series of new policies Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Saturday affecting US relations with Taiwan.
READ HERE ([link removed][UNIQID])
The United States’ nuclear peril will outlast this administration
By David Schwartz & Steven Simon, Senior Research Analyst
Foreign Policy, 1/11/21
As observers fear a Trump-initiated strike, deeper problems in the US nuclear posture abound.
READ HERE ([link removed][UNIQID])
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Pompeo undermines Iran diplomacy
Interview with Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
Al Jazeera, 1/12/21
WATCH HERE ([link removed][UNIQID])
** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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* How Biden can bring US troops home from Afghanistan ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Non-Resident Fellow Barnett Rubin, Responsible Statecraft, 1/15/21
* Should Congress grant a waiver to sec def candidate Lloyd Austin? ([link removed][UNIQID]) Non-Resident Fellow Gordon Adams, Responsible Statecraft, 1/14/21
* Pompeo trashes counterterrorism on the way out ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, Responsible Statecraft, 1/13/21
* Sheldon Adelson’s legacy of underwriting American militarism ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Investigative Journalist at Large Eli Clifton, Responsible Statecraft, 1/12/21
* How the mad king can burn it all down ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Non-Resident Fellow Joe Cirincione, Responsible Statecraft, 1/13/21
* As Taliban attacks spike in Afghanistan, a test for withdrawal and peace ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, Responsible Statecraft, 1/12/21
* Quincy Institute argues diplomacy and restraint over US military dominance in East Asia ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Intern Grace Cabuena, Responsible Statecraft, 1/12/21
* Remembering Neil Sheehan, the journalist who broke the Pentagon Papers, exposed the lies of Vietnam ([link removed][UNIQID]) , interview with President Andrew Bacevich, Here and Now-WBUR, 1/11/21
* The Capitol insurrection: Our Altamont moment ([link removed][UNIQID]) by President Andrew Bacevich, The American Conservative, 1/10/21
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