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April 11, 2021

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Is the Quad’s Rise Destabilizing Asia?

Wednesday, April 21
9:00 pm Eastern

With no sign of a U.S.-China thaw on the horizon, the United States is doubling down on the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue -- the Quad -- with its partners India, Japan, and Australia. The Quad has graduated from a talk shop to having its own flagship military exercise even as its recent leaders’ summit stressed cooperation on vaccines, climate action, technology, and infrastructure investment. The role of India is especially important with Washington prioritizing India’s integration into the U.S.-led security architecture in Asia.

Please join a discussion on the geopolitics of the Quad and the U.S.-India relationship with the Stimson Center's Yun Sun, the Council on Strategic Risks' Sarang Shidore, and best selling author, academic, and diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. The conversation, moderated by QI's Rachel Esplin Odell, will take on key questions: Why is the Quad’s trajectory raising risks of a new cold war with China? How can the Quad be repurposed to reduce these risks? What role could India play in such a shift?

FEATURED

If Americans Want Lasting Peace in Afghanistan, We Should Leave by May 1
By Research Fellow Adam Weinstein & Mark Hannah
Washington Post, 4/10/21

The continued presence of U.S. forces hinders prospects for a durable compromise.
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New Iran Nuclear Talks Allow Biden to Fix Trump’s Mess Before We Head to War
By Joseph Cirincione, Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow
Think/NBC News, 4/7/21

It should be possible to put the pact back together, but not if the president listens to the siren song of junking the old agreement for "a better deal."
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Television
Jordan’s Alleged Coup Plot
Interview with Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow
World News/BBC, 4/4/21
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Biden, Afghanistan, and the Commodification of the American Warfighter
By Research Fellow Adam Weinstein & Sarah Streyder
Fox News, 4/9/21

U.S. troops carry the burden of the inability of U.S. leaders to end our nation’s longest war.
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In the Wake of SolarWinds: Making and Breaking a Rules-Based Global Cyber Order
By Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow
Russia Matters/ Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School, 4/7/21

Few things have been more damaging to U.S. and European hopes of a "rules based global order" then that the U.S. both makes the rules and breaks them whenever it sees fit, including in cyberspace.
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Brief
Beyond May 1: The Future of U.S. Engagement in Afghanistan
By Adam Weinstein, Research Fellow
Quincy Institute, 4/8/21

As the Biden administration decides whether to withdraw remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 1 as agreed last year or to keep them there either unilaterally or by a negotiated extension, Weinstein lays out where each of these paths may lead.
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MORE. MORE. MORE.

Podcast: Yemen and Biden’s Defense Consultant Problem, interviewed: Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, The Majority Report with Sam Seder, 4/8/21

Television: Iranian Nuclear Negotiations in ‘A Very, Very Sensitive Period,’ interviewed: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Rising/HillTV Live, 4/8/21

South Korea’s Ruling Party is Reeling as Conservatives Win Big in Mayoral Races by Andrew Jeong & Timothy Martin/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow Jessica Lee,Wall Street Journal, 4/7/21

For True JCPOA Re-entry, Biden Must Tear Down This Sanctions Wall by Executive Vice President Trita Parsi &Tyler Cullis, Responsible Statecraft, 4/6/21

No Satire: Army’s ‘Multi-domain Transformation’ Means Business by Senior Analyst Mark Perry, Responsible Statecraft, 4/6/21

Radio: Reviving the Iran Nuclear Deal: Here’s What It Involves and Why It’s Hard by Larry Kaplow/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, NPR, 4/5/21

U.S. Begins Indirect Talks with Iran Tuesday on Reentering Nuclear Deal by Karen DeYoung/ Quoted: Board Chair Suzanne DiMaggio, Washington Post, 4/5/21

Hawks Preview Strategy to Oppose Biden’s ‘Woke’ Iran Policy by Research Assistant Matthew Petti, Responsible Statecraft, 4/5/21

Jordan’s Detention of ‘Coup Plotters’ is Really a Crackdown on Dissent by Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Responsible Statecraft, 4/5/21

U.S., Iran to Start Indirect Talks to Salvage Nuclear Deal, quoted: Board Chairman Suzanne DiMaggio, Business Recorder, 4/4/21

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