** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy news highlights
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** 🎆 July 4, 2021 🎆
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** FEATURED
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Brief
Israel and the Persian Gulf: A Source of Security or Conflict?
By Steven Simon, Senior Research Analyst
Quincy Institute, 6/30/21

A new QI brief finds that in the current geopolitical context, the Abraham Accords could prove destabilizing by lowering the bar for Israeli military action against Iran.

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The Quad is a Delusion
By Rajan Menon, Non-Resident Fellow
Foreign Policy, 6/28/21

The new grouping won’t give the United States any more leverage over China than it already has—and it might raise tensions in the region higher than ever.

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The Geopolitics of Empathy
By Stephen Walt, Non-Resident Fellow
Foreign Policy, 6/27/21

How our understanding—or misunderstanding—of other countries’ perspectives shapes global order.

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Television
'He was a Disaster': Ret. Col. Andrew Bacevich on Donald Rumsfeld’s Legacy as Architect of Iraq War
Interview with Andrew Bacevich, President
Democracy Now!, 7/1/21

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Radio
Who’s to Blame for a U.S. Soldier’s Death in Iraq?
Interview with Andrew Bacevich, President
The World/PRI, 6/29/21

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Radio
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s Election
Interview with Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
WPFW, 6/30/21

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Radio
New Book 'After The Apocalypse' Explores Transforming America's Role in the World
Interview with Andrew Bacevich, President
Here & Now/WBUR, 7/2/21

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Congressional Support Needed for Success ([link removed]) by Senior Research Fellow Jessica Lee, Arms Control Today, June/July 2021 (Behind a paywall)

Does Leon Wieseltier’s ‘We’ Include You? ([link removed]) by President Andrew Bacevich, The American Conservative, 7/1/21

VIDEO: Israel and the Persian Gulf ([link removed]) by Multimedia Producer Khody Akhavi/ Interviewed: Senior Research Analyst Steven Simon, Quincy Institute, 7/1/21

The Strikes Against Militias and the Future of U.S. Troops in the Middle East ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, Responsible Statecraft, 6/30/21

The Stryker Is a ‘Deathtrap’ but You’re Paying for It Anyway ([link removed]) by Senior Analyst Mark Perry, Responsible Statecraft, 6/30/21

The U.S. Military Presence in the Middle East Needs to End ([link removed]) by Daniel Larison/ Quoted: Eugene Gholz, Antiwar.com, 6/30/21

Iran’s Rock and America’s Hard Place ([link removed]) by Bassem Aly/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Ahram Online, 6/29/21

TELEVISION: Syria, Iraq Strikes Motivated by U.S. Israel Alliance ([link removed]) , Interviewed: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Rising/HillTV, 6/28/21

How the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict is a Lesson to the West in Geopolitical Reality ([link removed]) by Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, 6/28/21

Meeting Blinken, Israel’s Top Diplomat Aims to Fix Netanyahu ‘Mistakes’ ([link removed]) by Michael Crowley/ Quoted: Senior Research Analyst Steven Simon, New York Times, 6/27/21

The Passing of the Present and the Decline of America ([link removed]) by President Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch, 6/27/21

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