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May 29, 2022
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OUR PODCAST SERIES

Dissenting Veterans on Post-9/11 Wars
Featuring Andrew Bacevich, President
Quincy Institute / Radio Open Source, 5/26/22

As we honor the memories of all our war dead this long Memorial Day weekend, we ask some war survivors to reflect on their service and their dissent.

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Television
Biden Says U.S. Will Defend Taiwan as China Accuses U.S. of Forming “Indo-Pacific Version of NATO”
Interview with Michael Swaine, East Asia Director
Democracy Now!/PBS, 5/24/22

On his first trip to Asia as president, Biden contradicted longstanding U.S. policy of “strategic ambiguity” on Taiwan by vowing to defend it militarily if China attacks. 

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With Taiwan Summit, Is Biden Signaling a Two-Front War Strategy?
By George Beebe, Grand Strategy Director
Responsible Statecraft, 5/24/22

Whether intentional or not, Biden's insistence that the US will respond militarily to any Chinese attack belies a dangerous shift.

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Podcast
The Chinese Foreign Minister's Tour of Pacific Island Nations Has the U.S. and Australia Alarmed
Interview with Sarang Shidore, Director of Studies
Background Briefing with Ian Masters, 5/26/22

The question that needs to be addressed is whether China is doing things that threaten the United States.

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We Need a Real Debate About the Ukraine War
By Katrina vanden Heuvel, Board Member
Washington Post, 5/24/22

Shouldn’t the ramifications, perils, and multifaceted costs of this proxy war be a central topic of media coverage — as well as informed analysis, discussion, and debate?

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Television
Is Biden Running Out Of Time On Rejoining The Iran Deal? 
Interview with Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
Mehdi Hasan Show/ MSNBC-Peacock, 5/24/22

Joe Biden campaigned for president on rejoining the Iran nuclear deal. But as president, he has yet to make it happen.

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Beyond Ukraine, Is the U.S. Arms Industry an ‘Arsenal of Autocracy’?
By William Hartung, Senior Research Fellow
TomDispatch, 5/24/22

The major weapons makers cash in worldwide, not just in Ukraine

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MORE. MORE. MORE.

Ukraine War Threatens Iran's Last Economic Lifeline by Nadeen Ebrahim/ Quoted: Non-Resident Fellow Amir Handjani, CNN, 5/27/22

The Biden Administration is Pursuing a Retread of Trump's False Peace Plan by Ken Klippenstein & Ryan Grim/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Intercept, 5/27/22

U.S. Special Forces in Kyiv: Much Ado About Nothing? By Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, Responsible Statecraft, 5/27/22

Man of Action Mitt Romney Considers Obliteration by President Andrew Bacevich, Responsible Statecraft, 5/26/22

TELEVISION: Can Geopolitics Trump Ideology, featuring Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, The Summit/ I24, 5/26/22

Biden Officials Meet With Saudis Ahead of Possible Presidential Visit by Katherine Doyle/ Quoted: Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Washington Examiner, 5/26/22

France and Mali Need a Time Out by Non-Resident Fellow Alex Thurston, Responsible Statecraft, 5/26/22

WEBCAST: The U.S.-Australia Alliance and Australia’s Evolving Role in Asia featuring Bec Strating, Hugh White, Sam Roggevee, & Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, Quincy Institute, 5/25/22

How ‘National Narratives’ Shaped U.S.-Iran Relations by Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow Gary Sick, Responsible Statecraft, 5/25/22

Why Any U.S. Push for Regime Change in Moscow is a Bad Idea by Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven & Ted Snider, Responsible Statecraft, 5/25/22

War is Worse Than Almost Anything by Non-Resident Fellow Samuel Moyn & Phil Klay, Plough Quarterly, 5/24/22

China Experts Blast Biden’s Taiwan Slip by James Carden/ Quoted: East Asia Director Michael Swaine, Asia Times, 5/24/22

Why Biden’s Off-the-Cuff Comment About Defending Taiwan Matters by Jonathan Guyer/ Quoted: East Asia Director Michael Swaine, Vox, 5/23/22

The Justice Department Wants to Bring Foreign Influence Law into the Social Media Age by Aaron Schaffer/ Interviewed: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Washington Post, 5/23/22

The Delusion of a Global Democratic Rebirth Through War by Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, 5/23/22

Ukraine and the Power of Nationalism by Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, Responsible Statecraft, 5/23/22
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