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January 24, 2021

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Toward an inclusive and balanced regional
order: A new US strategy in East Asia

Friday, January 29
2:00 pm Eastern

 
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Under Donald Trump, the United States government pursued a dangerous strategy toward East Asia centered on quixotic efforts to retain American regional military primacy and to pressure Asian nations to contain the People’s Republic of China. President Biden says he wants to work with China on issues like climate change, while building a coalition of allies to push back on what he calls China's "abusive behavior." If his administration maintains Trump's zero-sum strategy, however, they will polarize the region, undermine necessary efforts to collaboratively address global threats, and increase the likelihood of armed conflict with Beijing.

Can the Biden administration break from this great power competition approach in East Asia? And if yes, how? Join us for a discussion of a new Quincy Institute report that lays out an alternative US approach to the region that meets China's challenges, while improving stability and prosperity in East Asia and leaving open the door for cooperation on grave issues like COVID-19 and climate chaos.

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BRIEF: Toward an inclusive security arrangement in the Persian Gulf
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
Quincy Institute, 1/21/21

In response to the clear failures of Pax Americana in the Middle East to deter, balance, or defeat “bad actors,” our newest brief lays out an alternative path in the region predicated on US military withdrawal and the creation of an inclusive, locally-led security architecture in its place.

READ HERE

PODCAST: A new US strategy in East Asia from the Quincy Institute 
By Kaiser Kuo/ Interviewed: Jessica Lee, Rachel Esplin Odell, & Michael Swaine
Sinica, 1/21/21

In a podcast that is destination listening for China watchers, the three authors of Quincy Institute's latest report detail their recommendations for how the Biden-Harris administration should approach the East Asia, and especially China.


LISTEN HERE

Trump turns blind eye to illegal foreign influence in last-minute pardon
By Eli Clifton, Investigative Journalist at Large
Responsible Statecraft, 1/20/21

Donald Trump’s presidency began under a cloud of suspicion that Trump was influenced by foreign interests, from Russia and the United Arab Emirates to Israel and other nations seeking to leverage the US presidency to further their own interests. His exiting pardon of an un unregistered foreign agent seems to confirm that foreign policy access was for sale.

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Biden, Blinken and the Blob
By Andrew Bacevich, President
The Spectator, 1/18/21

Regarding America’s role in the world, Joe Biden’s ascent to the presidency offers this bit of prospective good news: the random flailing about of the Trump era will end. But something more than ‘normalcy’ is needed.

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MORE. MORE. MORE.


Former General Lloyd Austin reports for duty, and a Pentagon ‘reset’ by Senior Analyst Mark Perry, Responsible Statecraft, 1/22/21
The making of US empire at the beginning of its end by Pepe Escobar/ Quoted: Deputy Director of Research and Policy Stephen Wertheim, The Asia Times, 1/22/21
Korea and Biden’s first 100 days by Maude Easter/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow Jessica Lee, Albany Times-Union, 1/22/21
After the apocalypse: Iran by Sahar Khan/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Inkstick, 1/21/21
Dear Mr. President: 10 letters of advice for Biden, Quoted: President Andrew Bacevich, Christian Science Monitor, 1/20/21
By far the worst thing Trump did was flirt with nuclear war with North Korea by Jon Schwarz/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow Jessica Lee, The Intercept, 1/20/21
On Inauguration Day, a good time to curb our presidentialism by President Andrew Bacevich, Responsible Statecraft, 1/20/21
No time for softballs: 10 questions we want Tony Blinken to answer by Contributing Editor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 1/18/21
 
 
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