** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy news highlights
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** June 6, 2021
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** UPCOMING WEBINARS
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Can an Oscar-Nominated Film, a New President and the Courts Close Guantanamo?
Tuesday, June 8
12:00 pm Eastern
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President Biden’s announcement to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan brings an end to one part of the two-decade-long Global War on Terror. But the 40 War on Terror detainees still held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, many of whom were tortured and face legal impediments to challenging their detainment despite never being charged with any crimes, pose an ongoing legal and political challenge for the Biden administration.
The Quincy Institute will host a discussion on how the Biden administration can close Guantanamo and bring an end to indefinite military detentions and the War on Terror’s erosion of the rule of law. Headlining the panel is Mohamedou Ould Slahi, whose book Guantanamo Diary is the basis for the Oscar-nominated film, The Mauritanian, which details his 15-year imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay and his attorneys’ fight for his release. He will be joined by Senior Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee Rita Siemion and ACLU National Security Project Director Hina Shamsi. Aziz Rana, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute and professor of constitutional law at Cornell University, will moderate.
What Comes After the Apocalypse?
Tuesday, June 9
5:00 pm Eastern
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Things have changed dramatically over the past year. Or have they? We’re living in a (nearly) post-pandemic, post-Trump, post-economic collapse world amidst the continuing rise of China, while reckoning with racism, populism, and impending environmental ruin. The purpose of U.S. foreign policy has, at least theoretically, been to keep Americans safe. Yet as we confront a radically changed world, it has become indisputably clear that the terms of that policy have failed.
The timely launch of QI President Andrew Bacevich’s twelfth book — AFTER THE APOCALYPSE: America’s Role in a World Transformed — offers the opportunity to celebrate Andrew’s achievement and to interrogate this moment in history with three of the sharpest thinkers in the business. Join The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel and the American Conservative’s Helen Andrews in conversation with Andrew about his call for nothing less than a profound overhaul of our understanding of national security.
Donate to the Quincy Institute ([link removed]) and receive a FREE copy of Andrew Bacevich’s new book, After the Apocalypse.
** FEATURED
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Biden’s Foreign Policy Doctrine is Stuck in the Twentieth Century
By Asli Bâli and Aziz Rana, Non-Resident Fellows
The New Republic, 6/4/21
The president’s domestic agenda is surprisingly ambitious and progressive. So why is he proposing conventional, outdated solutions to the world’s crises?
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Washington has Yemen Policy Backward
By Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow
Foreign Policy, 6/3/21
The Houthis have defeated Saudi Arabia—and peace won’t come by dictating terms to the victors.
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Netanyahu’s on the Way Out. Here’s What Biden can Expect Next
By Senior Analyst Steven Simon with Daniel Kurtzer, & Aaron David Miller
Politico, 6/2/21
With a new Israeli government, the U.S. president has an opening on Iran and a rare chance to rebuild frayed ties with an ally. But he can't count on it to last.
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It’s Time to End the ‘Special Relationship’ With Israel
By Stephen Walt, Non-Resident Fellow
Foreign Policy, 5/27/21
The benefits of U.S. support no longer outweigh the costs.
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Radio
Father Wonders Who’s Responsible for his Son’s Death
Interviewed: Andrew Bacevich, President
Here and Now/WBUR, 5/31/21
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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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From Dominance to Cooperation ([link removed]) by Director of Grand Strategy Stephen Wertheim, Aufbau, 6/4/21
Troop Withdrawal as a New Beginning ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Barnett. Rubin, Aufbau, 6/4/21
The Houthis are not Tehran’s Puppets ([link removed]) by Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Aufbau, 6/4/21
WEBCAST: Veteran Book Talk — The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley ([link removed]) , Featured: Wesley Morgan & Dan Berschinski/ Moderator: Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, Quincy Institute, 6/3/21
Take Us to HIGH ALERT: Iranian Oil Tanker Might be Headed to the Atlantic! ([link removed]) by Managing Editor Benjamin Armbruster, Responsible Statecraft, 6/3/21
VIDEO: Restoring Trust in Think Tanks ([link removed]) , Featured: Investigative Journalist at Large Eli Clifton & Ben Freeman, Quincy Institute, 6/2/21
WEBCAST: Making the Forever War: The Enduring Insights of Historian Marilyn Young ([link removed]) , Featured: Non-Resident Fellows Mary Dudziak & Christy Thornton, & President Andrew Bacevich/ Moderator: Director of Grand Strategy Stephen Wertheim, Quincy Institute, 6/1/21
Biden Budget Bakes in Billions for Nuclear Weapons ([link removed]) by Senior Analyst Mark Perry, Responsible Statecraft, 6/1/21
Generations of Veterans Left With ‘Emptiness’ After Slow End to Failed War ([link removed]) by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 5/30/21
Why Everyone Hates Think Tanks ([link removed]) by Matthew Rojansky & Jeremy Shapiro/ Cited: Investigative Journalist at Large Eli Clifton & Ben Freeman, Foreign Policy, 5/28/21
Stark Contradiction at Root of U.S.-China Conflict ([link removed]) by John Walsh/ Quoted: Director of Grand Strategy Stephen Wertheim, Asia Times, 5/28/21
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