** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy news highlights
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** August 15, 2021
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** FEATURED
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The Afghanistan Blame Game Has Begun
By Rajan Menon, Non-Resident Fellow
Los Angeles Times, 8/13/21

As the Taliban captures one provincial capital after another in Afghanistan, the wearisome but familiar Beltway parlor game of who “lost” the country — as if it were ever an American possession to begin with — has started.

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The Truth About Intervening Powers in the Middle East
By Executive Vice President Trita Parsi & Researcher Matthew Petti
The American Prospect, 8/9/21

And the title ‘biggest meddler’ goes to … the UAE, not Iran.

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Biden Will Not Abandon U.S.' One China Policy: U.S. Scholar
Featured: Michael Swaine, East Asia Director
Global Times, 7/23/21

In a featured interview, Michael Swaine discusses how the impasse of China-U.S. relations can be broken.

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U.S. Military Domination Has Been Disastrous for the Middle East—And America
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
The National Interest, 8/14/21

The presence of U.S. forces in the region and our willingness to get entangled in our partners’ regional disputes with almost no questions asked have disincentivized countries benefiting from the American security umbrella to resolve their conflicts diplomatically.

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Debate
How the U.S. Can Influence Chinese Policy
Featured: East Asia Director Michael Swaine & Orville Schell
Blogging Heads, 8/12/21

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Television
The Military and Political Situation in Afghanistan
Interviewed: Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Senior Adviser
C-SPAN, 8/14/21

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Television
What Should the U.S. Role in Afghanistan Be Now?
Interviewed: Andrew Bacevich, President
Newshour/PBS, 8/13/21

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Television
Cities Fall to Taliban Control as Afghan Forces Near Collapse
Interviewed: Adam Weinstein, Research Fellow
This Week with Joshua Johnson/ Peacock, 8/13/21

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Afghanistan Withdrawal Suddenly Becomes Perilous for Biden ([link removed]) by Katherine Doyle/Quoted: Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, Washington Examiner, 8/14/21

TELEVISION: Conditions Worsen in Afghanistan as Taliban Gains More Territory ([link removed]) , Interview with Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, The Final Five/Fox, 8/13/21

Long-Delayed Elections Will Be a Key Test for Qatar—and the Gulf ([link removed]) by Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, World Politics Review, 8/13/21

PODCAST: From BS to MBS ([link removed]) , Interview with Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, American Prestige Podcast, 8/13/21

First in NatSec Daily--Multimillion Koch-Backed Effort to End U.S. Military Role in Iraq ([link removed]) by Alex Ward and Quint Forgey/Cited: Quincy Institute, NatSec Daily/Politico, 8/12/21

TELEVISION: Concerns Grow Over Taliban’s Reach in Afghanistan ([link removed]) , Interview with Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, TRT World, 8/12/21

U.S. Sends Troops in to Evacuate Embassy Personnel in Kabul ([link removed]) by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 8/11/21

Report Reaffirms That Climate is the National Security Threat of Our Times ([link removed]) by Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, 8/10/21

The Complicated Case of the U.S. Meddling in the Middle East ([link removed]) by Researcher Matthew Petti, Inkstick, 8/10/21

U.S. Foreign Policy Restraint—What It Is, What It’s Not ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Rajan Menon & President Andrew Bacevich, The National Interest, 8/9/21

TELEVISION: Afghanistan: Taliban Overrun City of Kunduz — As It Happened ([link removed]) , Interview with Adam Weinstein, DW News, 8/8/21

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