** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy news highlights
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** May 2, 2021
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Why Mohammed bin Salman Suddenly Wants to Talk to Iran
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
Foreign Policy, 4/29/21

Secret meetings between Saudi Arabia and Iran have been going on at least since January, catalyzed by the specter of U.S. withdrawal from the region.
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Israel and Iran Are Pulling the United States Toward Conflict
By Senior Research Analyst Steven Simon, Daniel Kurtzer, & Aaron David Miller
Foreign Affairs, 4/26/21
With tough diplomacy, Washington can stop the spiral of escalation.
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RADIO
America's Longest War
Interviewed: Stephen Wertheim, Grand Strategy Director
The Majority Report, 4/23/21
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EVENT
The Human Rights Impact of Broad-Based Economic Sanctions
Featuring: Peter Beinart, Non -Resident Fellows Asli Bâli & Joshua Landis, & QI's Trita Parsi (moderator)
Quincy Institute, 4/28/21
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EVENT
Ending the Forever War: President Biden’s Decision to Withdraw U.S. Troops From Afghanistan
Featuring Ambassador Richard Olson, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jonathan Schroden, & QI's Adam Weinstein (moderator)
Quincy Institute, 4/30/21
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Israel Prepares to Live with U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal and Its Middle East Impact ([link removed]) by Tom O'Connor/ Quoted Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Newsweek, 5/1/21

Hawks Seek Revival With New Group ([link removed]) by Contributing Editor Jim Lobe, Responsible Statecraft, 4/30/21

For U.S. Progressives, Joe Biden has Both Surprised and Disappointed ([link removed]) by Emily Tamkin/ Quoted: Grand Strategy Program Director Stephen Wertheim, The New Statesman, 4/29/21

Mission Accomplished In Afghanistan ([link removed]) by Zack Cooper, Melanie Marlowe, & Christopher Preble/ Cited: Grand Strategy Director Stephen Wertheim, War on the Rocks, 4/29/21

Biden Doesn’t Need a Cold War to Justify Good Policy ([link removed]) by East Asia Director Michael Swaine, Responsible Statecraft, 4/29/21

How Does Biden’s Foreign Policy Stack Up After his First 100 Days? ([link removed]) by Daniel DePetris/ Quoted: Grand Strategy Program Director Stephen Wertheim, Newsweek, 4/28/21

EVENT: U.S. Policy Towards the Middle East: Is There a Role for the EU? ([link removed]) , Featuring Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, European Policy Centre, 4/28/21

EVENT: Fixing What’s Broken: America’s Place in the World ([link removed]) featuring Director of Grand Strategy Stephen Wertheim, GBH Forum Network, 4/28/21

Experts Debate the Role of the ‘Quad’ in a Changing Asia ([link removed]) by Intern Shuxian Luo, Quincy Institute, 4/27/21

Media Launders Hawks’ Absurd Claims That John Kerry Spilled Secrets to Iran’s Foreign Minister ([link removed]) by Managing Editor Ben Armbruster, Responsible Statecraft, 4/27/21

What We Think of Biden’s First 100 Days In Office ([link removed]) by Quincy Institute Staff, Responsible Statecraft, 4/27/21

Joe Biden’s First 100 Days: A Nostalgia for Past Foreign Policy Bravado ([link removed]) by Ronald W. Pruessen & Matthieu Vallières/ Quoted: Grand Strategy Director Stephen Wertheim, The Conversation, 4/26/21

North Korea’s SRBM Launches ([link removed]) , Interviewed: Senior Research Fellow on East Asia Jessica Lee, The Pulse/ Asia-Pacific Leadership Network, 4/26/21

Was the Postwar U.S. International Order Truly Liberal? ([link removed]) by Andrew Latham/ Reviewed: Tomorrow, the World by Grand Strategy Program Director Stephen Wertheim, The Imaginative Conservative, 4/25/21

TELEVISION: Crisis In Yemen ([link removed]) , Interviewed: Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Al Jazeera Arabic, 4/25/21

How to Think About Counterinsurgency After Afghanistan ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Steven Metz, Defense One, 4/21/21

America’s Ruinous Pursuit of Mission Impossible in Afghanistan ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Rajan Menon, TomDispatch, 4/25/21

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