Weekly review of Quincy Institute news and events
** Weekly Round-Up
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** Quincy in the news
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** January 30, 2022
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** UPCOMING WEBINARS
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** Are the JCPOA Negotiations on Their Last Legs?
Thursday, February 3
1:00-2:00 PM ET
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More than a year has passed since Joe Biden took office and the United States has yet to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal, or JCPOA. Join us to assess whether time is running out and what options the United States and its European allies have if the talks collapse.
** Who’s Afraid of the Military Industrial Complex? — The Shifting Politics of Pentagon Spending
Thursday, February 16
11:00-12:00 PM ET
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At time when the greatest challenges to our security are pandemics, climate change, and domestic discord, why do we continue to shower enormous sums on the Pentagon and the arms industry? This discussion will explore the power of the military-industrial complex from its origins in World War II to the present, looking at its political strengths and weaknesses and how it might be overcome.
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Biden Is Enabling America’s Indefensible History with Saudi Arabia
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
MSNBC, 1/25/22
The United States' "back to basics" approach to its Middle East policy is the problem, not the solution.
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Russia Has Been Warning About Ukraine for Decades. The West Should Have Listened
By Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow
Time, 1/25/22
The existing crisis with Russia has origins that go far beyond Putin. Russia has a foreign and security blob, just as does the United States, with a set of semi-permanent beliefs about Russian vital interests rooted in national history and culture.
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Authors of Think Tank Report Praising Gulf Arms Sales Have Ties to Defense Industry
By Eli Clifton, Investigative Journalist at Large
Responsible Statecraft, 1/25/22
The Jewish Institute for National Security of America didn’t disclose the potential for a serious conflict of interest.
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Television
U.S. Puts 8,500 Troops on High Alert as Tensions Rise Between NATO & Russia Over Ukraine
Interview with William Hartung, Senior Research Fellow
Democracy Now!/PBS, 1/25/22
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Webcast
Can War In Ukraine Be Avoided? An American-Russian Conversation
Featuring Fyodor Lukyanov, Thomas Graham, & Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven
Quincy Institute, 1/27/22
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Video
Frozen Funds: How Deadly U.S. Sanctions Are Inflaming Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis
Discussion with Research Fellow Adam Weinstein & Graeme Smith
Quincy Institute, 1/27/22
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Video
How Anti-Asian Discrimination Can Undermine America's National Security
By Khody Akhavi, Multimedia Producer
Featuring Senior Research Fellow Jessica Lee & Intern Syrus Jin
Quincy Institute, 1/19/22
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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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* Chinese Official’s Unusually Blunt Comments Over U.S.-Taiwan Raises Eyebrows ([link removed]) by East Asia Director Michael Swaine, Responsible Statecraft, 1/28/22
* Understanding Ukraine ([link removed]) by David Dayen/ Interview with Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, The American Prospect, 1/28/22
* Big War CEOS: There’s Chaos in the World and Our Prospects Are Excellent ([link removed]) by Eli Clifton, Investigative Journalist at Large, Responsible Statecraft, 1/28/22
* Chicken Little or Chicken Kiev? ([link removed]) By Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, 1/28/22
* Another West African Coup? After Burkina Faso, Time to Rethink Military Aid ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Alex Thurston, Responsible Statecraft, 1/27/22
* Biden Is Right about Minor Incursions ([link removed]) by Bradley Devlin/ Quoted: Anatol Lieven, American Conservative, 1/27/22
* TELEVISION: Qatari FM Travels to Tehran Before Emir Visits DC ([link removed]) , Interview with Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Al Araby, 1/27/22
* Demanding Peace in Ukraine ([link removed]) by Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan/Quoted: Anatol Lieven, Democracy Now!/ PBS, 1/27/22
* The Russia-Ukraine War Crisis, Explained By an Expert ([link removed]) by Zeeshan Aleem/ Interview with Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, MSNBC, 1/26/22
* RADIO: How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Started Decades Before Putin — and Why the West Ignored the Signs ([link removed]) , Interview with Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Here & Now/ NPR, 1/26/21
* TELEVISION: Escalation of Violence in Yemen, Possible Terrorist Designation ([link removed]) , Interview with Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Al Jazeera Arabic, 1/26/22
* Democrats’ Russia Sanction Bill Could Lead to a Diplomatic Disaster ([link removed]) by Advocacy Director Marcus Stanley, Responsible Statecraft, 1/26/22
* U.S. Announces $2.5B Arms Deal on Anniversary of Egypt’s Arab Spring ([link removed]) by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung & Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Responsible Statecraft, 1/26/22
* As Great Power Tensions Rise, It’s Time to Rethink U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy ([link removed]) by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Forbes, 1/25/22
* U.S. Public Prefers Diplomacy Over War on Ukraine ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Robert Ralston, Responsible Statecraft, 1/25/22
* ‘Munich’ Is a Lost Opportunity to Rewrite the Wrong Lessons of Appeasement ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Coordinator Brandon Carr, Responsible Statecraft, 1/25/22
* SYMPOSIUM: What Would U.S. Intervention in Ukraine Really Look Like? ([link removed]) Responsible Statecraft, 1/24/22
* VIDEO: Crisis Over Ukraine: Is It Still Possible to Head Off Military Conflict? ([link removed]) Interview with Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute, 1/24/22
* A Very Long War: The Common Project Behind Vietnam and Afghanistan ([link removed]) by President Andrew Bacevich, Tom Dispatch, 1/23/22
* PODCAST: Why Yemen Matters ([link removed]) , Interview with Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, The Scott Horton Show, 1/22/22
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