** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy news highlights
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** August 29, 2021
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** UPCOMING WEBINARS
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The Future of Regional Engagement
with Afghanistan and the Taliban
Tuesday, September 7
9:00-10:30am Eastern
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Following the U.S. and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban now control the vast majority of Afghan territory and the machinery of government. The country is still highly reliant on outside aid, most of which is suspended. Many countries have chosen to shutter their diplomatic missions, with only China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and a handful of smaller regional countries maintaining embassies and consulates. How will these countries interact with a new Taliban-led government? What leverage might they exert and to what end? What does the regionally-led diplomacy mean for the United States?
Join a discussion with Ambassador Omar Samad, who served as Afghan ambassador to Canada and France; Yun Sun, who is a senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China program at the Stimson Center; Ibraheem Bahiss, who serves as a consultant for the International Crisis Group and has a granular understanding of the contemporary Taliban; and Zahid Hussain, a distinguished Pakistani journalist and author of several books on Afghanistan and Pakistan. The conversation will be moderated by QI’s Anatol Lieven.
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Television
Fmr. Marine Captain: Service Members Killed in Kabul Attack Didn’t Die ‘In Vain’
Interview with Research Fellow Adam Weinstein & Non-Resident Fellow Joe Cirincione
The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell/MSNBC, 8/26/21
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Afghanistan is Facing a Vast Humanitarian Disaster — and Not Only at the Airport
By Barnett Rubin, Non-Resident Fellow
Washington Post, 8/24/21
There is far more to Afghanistan’s dilemma than the crisis at the airport — and the world needs to start confronting a host of other daunting realities.
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The Real Reason U.S. Allies Are Upset About Afghanistan
By Stephen Walt, Non-Resident Fellow
Foreign Policy, 8/27/21
The anger is real—but anguished humanitarianism is just one part of it.
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The Duel: Is China Now the Enemy?
By Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven & Jonathan Eyal
Prospect, 8/29/21
For one contributor we must adjust to a new apex predator. For another that is simply Cold War paranoia. Who is right?
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Congress Must Hold Benghazi-Level Hearings on Its Own Role in Afghanistan
By Lora Lumpe, CEO
Responsible Statecraft, 8/26/21
Start by asking who benefited from the protracted war, a question that will elicit uncomfortable truths about Washington.
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Who are the Islamic State in Afghanistan?
By Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 8/26/21
Thursday’s ghastly bombings reflect a real threat to the Taliban’s new-found control over the country — and to the U.S. evacuation on the ground.
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How the Defense Industry Helped Prolong the War in Afghanistan
By Eli Clifton, Investigative Journalist at Large
Responsible Statecraft, 8/27/21
CACI is a well-known company with a $907 million contract in Afghanistan — it also has undisclosed ties to think tanks opposed to withdrawal.
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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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Nemesis: Why the West Was Doomed to Lose in Afghanistan ([link removed]) by Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Prospect, 8/27/21
Afghanistan Got Just 5 Minutes of Coverage on the Network Newscasts Last Year, Analysis Says ([link removed]) by Brendan Morrow/ Cited: Quincy Institute, The Week/Yahoo News, 8/27/21
Painful Mistakes: U.S. Has Misled Citizens Over Afghanistan for 20 Years With ‘Schizophrenic’ Policies That Change Dramatically, Expert Says ([link removed]) by Chris Bradford/ Quoted: Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, The U.S. Sun, 8/27/21
Maintaining Aid Money to Afghanistan ([link removed]) by Senior Research Anatol Lieven, Times of London, 8/26/21
Exploring Drivers of Middle East Interventions ([link removed]) by Max Saltman/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, 8/25/21
20 Years After Twin Towers Fell, U.S. Comes Full Circle ([link removed]) , Quoted: President Andrew Bacevich, AFP, 8/25/21
‘The Blob’ Turns on Jake ([link removed]) by Alex Thompson & Tina Sfondeles/ Cited: Quincy Institute, West Wing Watch/Politico, 8/24/21
Three Ways the Victory of the Taliban Might Reverberate Around the World ([link removed]) by Abigail Ng & Saheli Roy Choudhury/Quoted: Non-Resident Fellow Amir Handjani, CNBC, 8/24/21
TELEVISION: Afghanistan Withdrawal: Adam Weinstein Counters Criticism of America’s ‘Standing in the World’ ([link removed]) ,' Interview with Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, France 24, 8/24/21
Sanctions Will Kill and Rarely Win When Implemented With ‘Full Force’ ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow George Lopez, Responsible Statecraft, 8/23/21
Afghanistan Chaos Tests Democrats’ Opposition to U.S. Military Intervention ([link removed]) / Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Financial Times, 8/23/21
Twenty Years After 9/11, Are We Any Smarter? ([link removed]) By Jordan Michael Smith/ Quoted: President Andrew Bacevich, Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, & Senior Research Analyst Steven Simon, The New Republic, 8/23/21
USAID’s Samantha Power Reaches New Summit of Cynicism About International Criminal Court ([link removed]) by Jon Schwarz/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Intercept, 8/23/21
How Afghanistan Withdrawal Could Lead to a Harder Policy Against China ([link removed]) by Reporter & Research Associate Ethan Paul, Responsible Statecraft, 8/23/21
The War in Afghanistan Was a Scam ([link removed]) by Jason Linkins/ Quoted: Investigative Journalist at Large Eli Clifton, The New Republic, 8/21/21
PODCAST: The Taliban’s Triumph ([link removed]) , Interview with President Andrew Bacevich, Start Making Sense/ The Nation, 8/19/21
RADIO: The Taliban’s Return to Power ([link removed]) , Interview with President Andrew Bacevich, GBH, 8/18/21
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