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Subject Highlights of the Week @QI: $40B for Ukraine, more war in Somalia, & NATO keeps growing
Date May 22, 2022 6:03 PM
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** May 22, 2022
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Has Biden Lost the Plot on Iran?
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
MSNBC, 5/20/22

How long can Biden stick to Trump's failed Iran policy without having to take owership and responsibility for its continued failure?

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If It’s ‘Our War,’ Then We Have a Role to Play in the Peace
By Marcus Stanley, Advocacy Director
Responsible Statecraft, 5/16/22

Moving from war to peace is never easy, but without full U.S. engagement the path will be impossible.

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Television
Biden Reverses Trump’s Troop Withdrawal, Redeploys Hundreds to Somalia
Interview with Samar Al-Bulushi, Non-Resident Fellow
Rising/The Hill, 5/18/22

Fifteen years of U.S. military involvement in Somalia has failed to deliver peace and stability.

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Taking It up an Escalatory Notch: U.S. Mulls Sending Anti-ship Missiles to Zelensky
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Editorial Director
Responsible Statecraft, 5/21/22

The transfer of anti-ship missiles could set us on a slippery slope that Washington should want to avoid.

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Television
Inside U.S. Afghanistan Withdrawal: Chaos, Broken Promises, & Paranoia
Interview with Adam Weinstein, Research Fellow
Rising/The Hill, 5/19/22

A new report finds that Afghanistan’s military was set up to fail once the Americans pulled out.

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Television
Could a Ukranian Victory Be a Bad Thing?
Interview with Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow
The Mehdi Hasan Show/MSNBC, 5/19/22

How do you achieve a settlement that doesn’t erode Ukraine’s sovereignty that doesn’t also humiliate Putin?

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Let's Not Grant Saudi Arabia a Blank Check for American Support
By Executive Vice President Trita Parsi & Senior Research Analyst Steven Simon
The American Prospect, 5/17/22

Beltway voices are pushing the U.S. to make a bad deal: long term security
guarantes for Saudi Arabia in exchange for an open oil spigot.

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Television
Finland and Sweden Apply to Join NATO
Interview with George Beebe, Grand Strategy Director
Fox5 DC, 5/19/22

Adding Sweden and Finland to NATO could have serious implications for the American people.

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How the War in Ukraine Can Be Ended ([link removed]) , Interview with Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Current Affairs, 5/20/22

What Biden’s Approach to Asia Misses ([link removed]) by Jonathan Guyer/Quoted: East Asia Program Director Michael Swaine, Vox, 5/20/22

Why the Afghan Government Collapsed After the U.S. Withdrawal ([link removed]) by Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, Responsible Statecraft, 5/20/22

‘Unprecedented’: U.S. Congress Passes Massive Ukraine Aid Package ([link removed]) by William Roberts/Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Al Jazeera, 5/19/22

Military-Industrial Complex is Itching to Send ‘Hunter-Killer’ Drones to Ukraine ([link removed]) by Sara Sirota/Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, The Intercept, 5/18/22

Boycotts Threat to Turn Biden’s Summit of the Americas into a Political Disaster ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Aileen Teague, Responsible Statecraft, 5/18/22

What Are Sweden and Finland Thinking? ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy, 5/18/22

TELEVISION: Will NATO Expansion Trigger Nuclear Brink with Russia? ([link removed]) Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Breaking Points, 5/17/22

ASEAN’s New Math: Washington Should Think Addition, Not Subtraction ([link removed]) by Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, Responsible Statecraft, 5/17/22

A ‘New Era’ of NATO Expansion Deepens the Divide Between Russia and the ([link removed]) West ([link removed]) by Robin Wright/Quoted: President Andrew Bacevich, The New Yorker, 5/17/22

PODCAST: The Dangerous Contradictions in U.S.-Syria Policy ([link removed]) , Interview with Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis, Power Problems/CATO Institute, 5/17/22

The Staggering Amount of U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine, Explained in One Chart ([link removed]) by Jonathan Guyer/Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Vox, 5/17/22

Emir’s Funeral Becomes Biden’s Hoped-For Reset with UAE ([link removed]) by Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Responsible Statecraft, 5/17/22

U.S. Military Must Renew Its Mission to Meet Climate-Charged Global Crisis ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Ret.), Responsible Statecraft, 5/17/22

Spending Smarter on Defense Means Spending Less ([link removed]) by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Forbes, 5/16/22

Gulf States Led D.C. Lobby Blitz Targeting Iran Military Wing as Terrorists ([link removed]) by Senior Advisor Eli Clifton, Responsible Statecraft/The Intercept, 5/16/22

What the United States Needs to Own in Russia’s War on Ukraine ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Monica Duffy Toft, Responsible Statecraft, 5/16/22

Senate Advances Bill to Give Ukraine $40 Billion in Aid During 40-Year High Inflation ([link removed]) by Sean Moran/Quoted: Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Breitbart, 5/16/22

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