** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy news highlights
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** October 3, 2021
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** UPCOMING WEBINARS
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Has Making Wars More ‘Humane’ Helped Make Them Endless?
Monday, October 4
10:00-11:00am Eastern
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Have efforts to make war more ethical — to ban torture and limit civilian casualties — only shored up the military enterprise and made it sturdier? That is the controversial argument Professor Samuel Moyn makes in his new book Humane ([link removed]) . Moyn, a professor at Yale University and Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute, looks back at a century and a half of passionate arguments about the ethics of using force. Humane is the story of how America went off to fight and never came back, and how armed combat was transformed from an imperfect tool for resolving disputes into an integral component of the modern condition. As American wars have become more humane, they have also become endless, he argues.
To discuss his thesis, Moyn will be joined by Princeton's Gary Bass, author of Freedom’s Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention ([link removed]) . Their conversation will be moderated by QI's Kelley Beaucar Vlahos.
Envisioning a U.S. Strategy of Restraint in the South China Sea and Beyond
Monday, October 4
7:00-8:00pm Eastern
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This summer marked the 5th anniversary of the ruling by a tribunal convened by the U.N. Commission on the Law of the Sea in response to a case submitted by the Philippines against the People’s Republic of China. To note the occasion, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken reiterated the claim that China was “threatening freedom of navigation” and urged Beijing to “reassure the international community that it is committed to the rules-based maritime order.”
Blinken’s charge raises more questions than it answers: What is the rules-based maritime order? How can the United States best work with countries throughout the Indo-Pacific region to strengthen and improve that order? Is it possible to work with, rather than against, China in bolstering the rules-based maritime order, and if so, how? A recent report — Promoting Peace and Stability in the Maritime Order Amid China’s Rise ([link removed]) — addresses these questions, laying out a strategy to reduce security tensions, enhance crisis management, and build a more inclusive maritime order in the region and beyond.
Please join a distinguished group of maritime security experts in the Western Pacific for a discussion exploring and debating the analysis and recommendations of this report and offer their own ideas for promoting peace and stability at sea. Panelists include George Washington University's Mike Mochizuki, La Trobe University's Bec Strating, Center for Strategic and International Studies' Gregory Poling, and Brooking's Shuxian Luo. QI's Michael Swaine will moderate the discussion.
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Get the Generals Out of Pakistani-U.S. Relations
By Adam Weinstein, Research Fellow
Foreign Policy, 9/30/21
Civilian-led outreach can find areas of actual cooperation instead of mutual blame.
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‘A Horrible Mistake’: Recovering From America’s Imperial Delusions
By Andrew Bacevich, President
Tom Dispatch, 9/30/21
A “modest proposal” for beginning to deal with an all-too-immodestly militarized American world.
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Has Neo-Orientalism Killed Our Ability to Sense the Limits of Western Influence?
By Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 9/28/21
The failure of Afghanistan should open our eyes to the fact that we don’t really know other countries and cultures at all.
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The Quad’s Perils Outweigh Its Promises
By Sarang Shidore, Non-Resident Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 9/27/21
Unlike AUKUS, the U.S.-Japan-Australia-India compact has a narrow path to emerge as a constructive actor in Asia.
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Television
What Did the UNGA 2021 Achieve?
Interview with Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow
The Newsmakers/TRT World, 9/28/21
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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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The Twisted Logic of Iran Deal Opponents ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, Responsible Statecraft, 10/1/21
Why Is CNN Doing PR for a Middle Eastern Dictatorship? ([link removed]) by Investigative Journalist at Large Eli Clifton, Responsible Statecraft, 9/30/21
VIDEO: Drawdown: Improving U.S. and Global Security Through Military Base Closures Abroad ([link removed]) by David Vine and Multimedia Producer Khody Akhavi, Quincy Institute, 9/30/21
TELEVISION: Did Biden Ignore U.S. General’s Advice on Afghanistan Withdrawal? ([link removed]) Interview with Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, The Newsmakers/TRT World, 9/29/21
North Korean Weapons Launch Showed Off Vital Piece of Kim Jong Un’s Ambitions ([link removed]) by Timothy W. Martin/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow Jessica Lee, Wall Street Journal, 9/29/21
It’s Time to Revise the American Concept of Time ([link removed]) by Peter Isackson/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Fair Observer, 9/28/21
Arms Biz Cash Swirls Around House Votes Blocking Pentagon Cuts ([link removed]) by Intern David Saveliev, Responsible Statecraft, 9/28/21
Meng Wanzhou’s Shock Release May Not Improve China’s Relationships With U.S. or Canada ([link removed]) by Robert Delaney and Jodi Xu Klein/ Quoted: Research Associate Ethan Paul, South China Morning Post, 9/25/21
Georgetown Professor: Afghanistan Withdrawal Has Encouraged Middle East Diplomacy ([link removed]) / Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Hill, 9/24/21
How AUKUS May Damage NATO ([link removed]) by James Carden/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Asia Times, 9/23/21
U.S. Public, Especially Younger Americans, Want More Diplomacy, Less War ([link removed]) by Jim Lobe, Contributing Editor, Responsible Statecraft, 9/23/21
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