** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy news highlights
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** February 7, 2021
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** UPCOMING WEBINARS
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** Emergency summit: America besieged by racism, materialism, and militarism

Monday, February 8
1:30 pm Eastern
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The Capitol riot on January 6, shocking as it was, surfaced most dramatically a fraying of the social fabric that has been growing for decades.

One month later, the Quincy Institute is convening a virtual roundtable of eminent public intellectuals to reflect on the ways that America’s unrelenting militarism, as well as materialism, and racism – identified by MLK in his speech “Beyond Vietnam” in 1967 as the ‘giant triplets’ – combined and contributed to the events of January 6. Particularly under discussed, how have 20 years of war and domination abroad contributed to the coarsening of our society and politics at home? How do the forces Dr. King identified more than 50 years ago interplay to hollow out our democracy and civil liberties, and what steps might lead to national progress and healing? Our hope is that this “emergency summit” might feed a larger national conversation.

Please join us for a virtual round table with Danielle Allen, Peter Beinart, Reverend Liz Theoharis, Daniel McCarthy, and Neta Crawford. President Andrew Bacevich will moderate.


** How Biden can end the war in Yemen:
A new US approach

Thursday, February 11
1:30 pm Eastern
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What can and should President Joe Biden do to end the war in Yemen? Within his first week in office, Biden paused two Trump administration initiatives: the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and the designation of the Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization. Both actions are temporary and may be reversed; neither suspends US support for the Saudi military’s aggression in Yemen. Even if Biden decisively withdraws US support, what will it take to end the war, mindful of the other factors driving the violence in Yemen, especially the flow of resources from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Iran.

Join US Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), Aisha Jumaan, and Annelle Sheline as they discuss how to address the world’s greatest humanitarian catastrophe. Quincy Institute Executive Vice President Trita Parsi will moderate the conversation.


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Biden’s national security to-do list
By Andrew Bacevich, President
Los Angeles Times, 2/3/21

Thus far in Joe Biden’s young presidency, he has issued a blizzard of executive orders and memos — on the climate crisis “here and abroad,” on “Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers,” on immigration, COVID-19 vaccination, the minimum wage and more. Yet one subject is missing from these various initiatives: war.

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How to win the influence contest in the Middle East
By Senior Research Analyst Steven Simon, Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis, & Aiman Mansour
Foreign Affairs, 2/3/21

The United States and its partners in the Middle East have two problems with Iran. One stems from Tehran’s penetration of neighboring states; the other, from its nuclear program, which could yield weapons if left unchecked.
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PODCAST
Primacy anxiety
By Zack Cooper, Melanie Marlowe, & Christopher Prebble
Net Assessment/ War on the Rocks, 2/4/21
In a debate over whether the United States should pursue primacy, the hosts compare Donald Trump administration’s “Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific,” and some of its recommendations with Stephen Wertheim’s recent Foreign Affairs article on “Delusions of Dominance.”

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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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Biden stays silent on Iran as his team works to break nuclear impasse ([link removed]) by Nicole Gaouette, Kylie Atwood & Jennifer Hansler/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, CNN, 2/6/21

Biden’s announcement on ending US support for the war in Yemen, explained ([link removed]) by Alex Ward/Quoted: Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Vox, 2/5/21

Top GOP lawmaker vows to fight defense ([link removed]) cuts ([link removed]) by Bryan Bender/ Quoted: Grand Strategy Program Director Stephen Wertheim, Politico, 2/5/21

Biden team snubs diplomatic solutions to South China Sea row ([link removed]) by Mark Valencia/ Quoted: East Asia Director Michael Swaine, Asia Times, 2/4/21

POTUS ([link removed]) tells Putin: "The days of the United States rolling over in the face of Russia's aggressive actions...are over," ([link removed]) Interviewed: Contributing Editor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Sinclair Network, 2/4/21

Biden to end US support for war in Yemen ([link removed]) by Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Responsible Statecraft, 2/4/21

In major address, Biden says ‘America is back.’ But what does that mean? ([link removed]) By Contributing Editor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 2/4/21

Declare end to Korean War, activist groups unite to tell Biden ([link removed]) by Tom O'Connor/ Cited: Quincy Institute, Newsweek, 2/2/21

Iran installs new centrifuges as nuclear deal impasse continues ([link removed]) /Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Al Jazeera, 2/2/21
PODCAST: Conversation with Jessica Lee and Dr. Rachel E. Odell on East Asia policy ([link removed]) , Interviewed: Senior Research Fellow Jessica Lee and Research Fellow Rachel Esplin Odell, Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security, 2/1/21

Reinvesting in US-Japan-South Korea strategic relations ([link removed]) by Senior Research Fellow Jessica Lee, Kuyoun Chung, & Junya Nishino, Responsible Statecraft, 2/1/21

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