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** May 16, 2021
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** UPCOMING WEBINARS
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Institute for Peace & Diplomacy's
Middle East Strategy Forum 2021

Wednesday-Thursday, May 19-20


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Quincy Institute is cosponsoring the inaugural Middle East Strategy Forum, an annual Canadian conference that will bring together high-level policymakers, diplomats, foreign policy experts, business leaders, and journalists to engage in constructive discussions around current and emerging issues in the Middle East.

The diverse group of more than 40 confirmed speakers from the Middle East, Europe and North America includes QI's Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Responsible Statecraft's Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, and Non-Resident Fellow Lawrence Wilkerson.


What Does a Foreign Policy for the Middle Class Look Like?
Tuesday, May 25
3:00 pm Eastern
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President Biden has talked about pursuing a foreign policy for middle class America and all Americans, but what does that actually mean? Foreign policy has become the dominion of the elites in Washington, leaving ordinary people out of the conversation when it comes to defense expenditures, overseas interventions, and America’s relationships with the rest of the world. Partisan politics have tainted the way people see foreign policy and often leave the country bitterly divided. Biden says he wants to change this, but how? We take a look at how foreign policy has affected the heartland, what would need to change in Washington, and what it would take to make it a ‘bread and butter issue’ that makes Americans’ lives better.

Join a conversation cosponsored by Center for the National Interest featuring University of Texas' Michael Lind, Conservative Partnership Institute's Rachel Bovard, and Modern Age's Daniel McCarthy. The Quincy Institute’s Kelley Beaucar Vlahos will moderate, and the National Interest’s George Beebe will offer introductory remarks.


Iran’s Presidential Election and its Future
Foreign and Domestic Policies
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Wednesday, May 26
1:30 pm Eastern
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With only weeks left until Iran’s June 18 presidential elections, campaigning will begin in earnest the last week of May. Elections in the Islamic Republic are neither free nor fair, but they are consequential. Today, opinion polls indicate that the Iranian public’s enthusiasm for the elections is at an all-time low. Yet, the elections will likely have a profound impact on Iran’s future engagement – or lack thereof – with the United States and the West, on the durability of the nuclear deal, as well as on the internal struggle to move Iran into a more open and democratic direction.

Will Iran’s next president be a conservative or can the centrists and reformists unite once more to retain the presidency? What implications will a conservative victory have for U.S.-Iran relations, nascent regional diplomacy with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and Iran’s embattled civil society? Join us for us for a discussion with Tara Sepehri Far, Reza Sayah, and Bijan Khajehpour. Trita Parsi, Quincy Institute’s Executive Vice President, will moderate.


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Brief
Restoring Trust in the Think Tank Sector
By Ben Freeman & Eli Clifton, Investigative Journalist at Large
Quincy Institute, 5/10/21

A well-functioning and transparent think tank sector is essential to a healthy democracy. In the face of the Covid–19 pandemic, a potential cold war with China, and the global challenge of climate change, the American public and policymakers need unbiased and rigorously researched policy proposals. Perhaps even more important, Americans are in need of a government and policymaking process that operates with transparency and integrity.

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Letter
Democratic National Committee Leaders Urge President Biden to Lift Sanctions to Rejoin the Iran Nuclear Deal
Organized by Quincy Institute, 5/10/21

More than 50 national Democratic Party leaders and DNC members from red, blue, and purple states, sent a letter organized by QI to President Biden urging a return to the Iran nuclear deal and the lifting of Trump’s bad-faith sanctions.
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Why Biden Can’t Look Away From the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
By Giovanni Russonello/Interviewed: Mark Perry, Senior Analyst,
The New York Times, 5/12/2

The escalating conflict comes at a moment of inflection for the United States’ approach to Israel and the Palestinians.
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Asia’s Anti-Colonialist Journey
By Thomas Meaney, Non-Resident Fellow
The New Yorker, 5/10/21
After the Russian Revolution, a host of activists saw Communism as the way to end European imperialism. Their diverse fates provide an unexpected key to Asian politics.

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A Biden Doctrine Starts to Take Shape
By Andrew Bacevich, President
The American Conservative, 5/12/21

Biden says he wants to prevent military conflicts rather than starting them. He should repudiate the failed approaches of his predecessors.

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Ending the Endless Wars: A Strategy for Selective Disengagement
By Monica Duffy Toft, Non-Resident Fellow
War on the Rocks, 5/13/21

In light of America’s pending drawdown from Afghanistan — how can the United States disengage from unpopular, counterproductive military missions in a way that does the least amount of near-term damage to U.S. interests?

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It’s Time to Put this Dysfunctional U.S.-Israel Relationship to the Test ([link removed]) by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 5/13/21

TELEVISION: Biden Pressured to Intervene in Middle East Conflict ([link removed]) , Interview with Senior Analyst Mark Perry, Fox 5, 5/13/21

The Army Is Shooting Blanks in Their Pivot to Asia ([link removed]) by Senior Analyst Mark Perry, Responsible Statecraft, 5/13/21

PODCAST: Updating Diplomacy Between the U.S. and Iran ([link removed]) , Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Here & There, 5/13/21

TELEVISION: U.S. State Department Calls for De-escalation, Urges Calm in the Middle East ([link removed]) , interview with Senior Analyst Mark Perry, Fox 5, 5/12/21

Maximum Pressure Failed: Biden Must Reverse Course on Iran ([link removed]) by Tyler Cullis & Non-Resident Fellow Amir Handjani, The National Interest, 5/12/21

Can We Make Think Tanks Great Again? ([link removed]) by Ben Freeman & Investigative Journalist at Large Eli Clifton, Responsible Statecraft, 5/12/21

India’s COVID Crisis Reveals the Limits of Vaccine Diplomacy ([link removed]) by Intern Arafat Kabir, Responsible Statecraft, 5/12/21

EVENT: NATO Expansion: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone? ([link removed]) featuring Ambassador Jack Matlock, Sir Rodric Quentin Braithwaite, Karen Kwiatkowski, & Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute, 5/11/21

‘Because, China’: How Beijing Is Being Used to Justify Any New Policy Under the Sun ([link removed]) by Research Associate Matthew Petti and Intern Arafat Kabir, Responsible Statecraft, 5/11/21

TELEVISION: Race Against the Clock to Get Back Into Nuclear Deal ([link removed]) , interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Rising-Hill TV , 5/10/21

Jerusalem Violence Puts Biden on Back Foot Regarding Human Rights in Foreign Policy ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, Responsible Statecraft, 5/10/21

Democratic Party Leaders Urge Biden to Rejoin Iran Deal, Lift Trump's 'Bad-Faith Sanctions' ([link removed]) by Rebecca Kheel/ Cited: Quincy Institute, The Hill, 5/10/21

Top Democrats Urge Biden to Lift Sanctions on Tehran in Good Faith ([link removed]) , Cited: Quincy Institute, Al Monitor, 5/10/21

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