** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy news highlights
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** February 21, 2021
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** UPCOMING WEBINARS
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** What will it take to stabilize the Korean Peninsula?

Monday, February 22
9:00 am Eastern
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More than 70 years since the Korean War began, the Korean Peninsula technically remains in a state of war. Why is that? And how can the United States help usher in a more stable, less militarized Korean Peninsula?

Join a discussion drawing on the Quincy Institute’s recently released East Asia strategy report ([link removed]) . The panel will explore a US strategy toward the Korean Peninsula that is based on peace and phased denuclearization with respect to North Korea, and one that takes into account the long-term interest of the United States in a strong and stable Korean Peninsula free from foreign military forces.

The discussion will feature Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA-33), Sejong Institute’s Chung-in Moon, and QI’s Jessica Lee. QI’s Michael Swaine will provide opening remarks. John Delury of Yonsei University will moderate.


** Toward a worker-centered China policy:
How to make US-China trade help Americans and the world

Thursday, February 25
3:00 pm Eastern
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The Trump administration’s trade war with China has cost American workers at least 245,000 jobs, cost American consumers tens of billions of dollars for increased prices on consumer goods, and cost American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars to fund aid to farmers harmed by retaliatory tariffs. President Biden and several of his top advisers have criticized the US-China trade war as ineffective and harmful, stating that they will instead promote a “worker-centered” trade policy. But it remains unclear precisely how this will translate to US economic policy toward China.

This event will bring together QI's Rachel Esplin Odell, the US-China Business Council's Anna Ashton, and Boston University Global Development Policy Center's Jake Werner to discuss how the United States can develop a better trade policy toward China that will help average American workers and consumers, while bolstering global peace and prosperity. DigiChina's Graham Webster will moderate.


** FEATURED
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Biden’s Eisenhower strategy for China
By Mark Perry, Senior Analyst
Foreign Policy, 2/18/21

Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, during the recent confirmation hearing for Kathleen Hicks, the Biden administration’s nominee for deputy defense secretary, pressed her on a phrase used by White House press secretary Jen Psaki—one that, in his words, “sent a shiver down my back.” The phrase in question was “strategic patience,” and it was used in reference to China.

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Weapons biz bankrolls experts pushing to extend Afghan War
By Eli Clifton, Investigative Journalist at Large
The Daily Beast/Responsible Statecraft, 2/16/21

Earlier this month, a study group established by Congress recommended that President Joe Biden extend the May 1 deadline for withdrawing troops from America’s longest war. It’s a strategy that many experts say runs the risk of abrogating the US-Taliban agreement and potentially setting back the potential peace process in Afghanistan — or even dooming it to failure.
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What will It take for Pakistan to pressure the Taliban into a cease-fire?
By Adam Weinstein, Research Fellow
Lawfare, 2/12/21

In Afghanistan, surging violence has worsened the sluggish pace of peace negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government, jeopardizing a potential settlement to end the country’s decades of war. Reducing the bloodshed is a necessary step toward building trust for ongoing negotiations—a fact complicated by the fact that the Taliban view fighting as their primary source of leverage over the Afghan government.

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First steps toward returning to the Iran nuke deal — but what’s next?
By Joe Cirincione, Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 2/18/21

Something is going very wrong with President Joe Biden’s Iran policy and it’s not clear why. Unless he corrects course, Biden risks losing a vital agreement and putting the two nations back on a path towards war — at precisely the time he wants to focus on the multiple domestic crises gripping America.
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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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India’s forever wars and forever warriors ([link removed]) by MK Bhadrakumarf/ Quoted: Journalist at Large Eli Clifton, Asia Times, 2/20/21

PODCAST: On the Military and Trump, the current crisis, and what to expect from Biden's foreign polic‪y ([link removed]) ‬, Interviewed: President Andrew Bacevich, Green & Red, 2/2021
NATO’s Iraq mission to grow ([link removed]) by Bryan Bender/ Quoted: Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, The Daily Defense/Politico,2/19/21

PODCAST: Pakistan and the Taliban ([link removed]) . A conversation with Michael Kugelman & Adam Weinstein, Conversation Six, 2/19/21

VIDEO: How Biden can end the war in Yemen ([link removed]) by Multimedia Producer Khody Akhavi, Quincy Institute, 2/17/21

TELEVISION: Biden signals of revived Iran nuclear talks ([link removed]) . Interviewed Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Al Jazeera, 2/17/21

The head of every table: Joe Biden’s impossible foreign policy aspirations ([link removed]) by Katrina vanden Heuvel & Robert Borosage/Cited: Quincy Institute, The Nation, 2/16/21

PODCAST: Who Is Ali Khamenei‪?‬ ([link removed]) Interviewed: Executive Vice President Trita Paris, Who is?/Now This, 2/15/21


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