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May 8, 2022

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Can China and the U.S. Coexist Productively? A Conversation with Kevin Rudd
Monday, May 9, 5:30-6:45 PM ET
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd discusses his new book on U.S.-China relations with East Asia Director Michael Swaine.


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2022 Middle East Strategy Forum
Wednesday, May 11 & Thursday, May 12, 9:00 AM-7:00 PM ET
The Quincy Institute is partnering with the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy for this conference examining key Middle East issues and their global implications; the forum will feature a number of QI voices, including Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Editorial Director Kelley Vlahos, Director of Grand Strategy George Beebe, and Non-Resident Fellows Larry Wilkerson and Joshua Landis.


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FEATURED

Biden's Russia-Ukraine War Mission Creep is an Alarmingly Slippery Slope
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
MSNBC, 5/6/22

Reports that the United States is actively helping Ukraine kill Russian generals highlight how America’s goals in Ukraine are expanding—with potentially devastating consequences.

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Brief
The Folly of Pushing South Korea Toward a China Containment Strategy

By Senior Research Fellow Jessica Lee & Director of Studies Sarang Shidore 
Quincy Institute, 5/5/22


Pushing South Korea—a robust democracy with major elite divisions—toward containing Beijing risks negative consequences for the United States. 

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Television
"A Very Dangerous Moment": Russian & U.S. Escalation Raises Risk of Direct Military Clash in Ukraine
Interview with George Beebe, Grand Strategy Director
Democracy Now!/PBS, 5/3/22

Examining the dangers of escalation and retaliation as Biden seeks $33 billion more for Ukraine.

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Ukraine Is Already Winning: Victory Can Be Achieved Without Risking Nuclear War
By Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow
The Guardian, 5/5/22

A mooted U.S. proxy conflict over existing Russian-occupied territories would be unnecessary and dangerous.

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Ukraine: From Bad to Worse?
By Andrew Bacevich, President
The American Conservative, 5/5/22

Describing Ukraine as a war for freedom makes it more palatable to citizens whose grasp of post-Cold War history, of NATO expansion and its use as an instrument of intervention, for example, is less than solid.

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Video
How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine is Sending Global Food Prices Soaring

Video by Non-Resident Fellow Amir Handjani & Multimedia Producer Khody Akhavi
Quincy Institute, 5/3/22

As America and its allies move to unplug Russia from the global economy, we should be mindful of the consequences far from the battlefield in Ukraine.

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Don’t Overinflate the Pentagon Budget
By Senior Research Fellow William Hartung & Research Fellow Ben Freeman
Defense One, 5/5/22

There are plenty of perennial problems draining the military’s coffers that need attention.


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MORE. MORE. MORE.

Until Ukraine, Russia Lobbyists Successfully Blunted U.S. Sanctions After Foreign Adventurism by Research Fellow Ben Freeman and Research Intern Nick Cleveland-Stout, The Intercept, 5/7/22
 
Ukraine, China, Trade Set to Dominate US-ASEAN Summit Agenda by Patsy Widakuswara/ Quoted:Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, Voice of America, 5/7/22
 
The War in Ukraine Will Only Deepen the Climate Crisis by Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, The New Statesman, 5/6/22
 
PODCAST: Losing and Regaining an Enemy, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Radio Open Source/WBUR, 5/5/22 
 
Why Biden Needs to Revive the Iran Nuclear Deal by Steve Chapman/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Post and Courier, 5/5/22
 
Biden’s $33 Billion Aid Request for Ukraine Is Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen by Dan Spinelli/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Mother Jones, 5/5/22
 
Why Washington Should Take Russian Nuclear Threats Seriously by Non-Resident Fellow Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy, 5/5/22
 
As the SEC Cracks Down on Shady SPACs, CIA Officials Get In on the Action by Lee Fang/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, The Intercept, 5/5/22  
 
Reckless and Ruthless? Yes. But Is Putin Insane? No. by Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, 5/3/22
 
Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People by Washingtonian Staff/ Named: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Washingtonian Magazine, 5/3/22 
 
WEBCAST: South Asia and the Global South Amid Sharpening Great Power Rivalries, Discussion featuring Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, Quincy Institute, 5/3/22

PODCAST: The Looming Conflict, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, History As It Happens/Washington Times, 5/3/22
 
VIDEO: Push to Quickly Arm Ukraine Could Put Long-Term Strain on U.S. Weapons Stockpile by Ben Fox, Aamer Madhani, Jay Reeves, and Dan Huff/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, NBCLx, 5/2/22
 
Biden Learns to Love Defense Contractors by Hans Nichols/ Quoted: Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow Joe Cirincione, Axios, 5/2/22 
 
The Global South Defies the West on Ukraine by Alain Gresh/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Le Monde Diplomatique, 5/2/22
 
And the South Will Rise Again? by Leon Hadar/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Asia Times, 5/2/22

 
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