** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy news highlights
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** December 19, 2021
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With Afghanistan War Commission, a Chance for Accountability At Last
By Andrew Bacevich, President
The Boston Globe, 12/17/21

The troops who served and sacrificed in Afghanistan are owed a full accounting of our twenty year, $2 billion failed war effort.

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Television
Biden Efforts to Appease Israeli Leadership Fail
Interview with Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
Hill TV/Rising, 12/13/21

On the Iran deal, President Biden must decide if he plans to prioritize America’s interests or Israel’s.

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A Better Way in the Middle East
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
The American Prospect, 12/15/21

Drawing down our military presence in the Middle East has created a promising path for regional diplomacy and stability.

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Webcast
Should the U.S. Seek to Contain China?
Discussion featuring John Mearsheimer and David Kang, Non-Resident Fellows, and moderated by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Editorial Director
Quincy Institute and the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy, 12/16/21

As tensions mount between the U.S. and China, two QI experts debate whether the U.S. should pursue a “strategy of containment.”

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Hang Up the Magical Thinking and Try Strategic Empathy on for Size
By Katrina vanden Heuvel, Board Member, and James Carden
Responsible Statecraft, 12/17/21

U.S leaders must put aside their bluster and examine how exactly we got to this point with Russia.

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Threatening War with Iran Won’t Save the Nuclear Deal ([link removed]) by Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Responsible Statecraft, 12/17/21

A Lotta Nerve: UAE Threatens to Back Out of F-35 Deal ([link removed]) by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 12/17/21

Two Former CIA Directors Call on Biden to Threaten Iran Militarily ([link removed]) by Jeremy Scahill/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Intercept, 12/17/21

Time to Mind the ‘Credibility’ Trap ([link removed]) by Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow, Responsible Statecraft, 12/16/21

The U.S. Should Stop Coddling Abuser Allies ([link removed]) , a Letter to the Editor by Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, Washington Post, 12/15/21

WEBCAST: The Future of Counterterrorism: Start By Defining the Threat ([link removed]) , a panel featuring Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, Jytte Klausen, and Jacqueline Hazelton, moderated by Senior Research Analyst Steven Simon, Quincy Institute, 12/15/21

Why Bombing Iran Is (Still) a Bad Idea ([link removed]) by Research Fellow Annelle Sheline and Bruce Riedel, Responsible Statecraft, 12/14/21

Houthi Hysteria Breaks Out At the Wall Street Journal ([link removed]) by Contributing Editor Jim Lobe, Responsible Statecraft, 12/13/21

Biden’s Efforts to Appease Israel On Iran Have Failed On All Fronts ([link removed]) by Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Responsible Statecraft, 12/12/21

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