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June 5, 2022

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NEW QI RESEARCH

Threat Inflation and the Chinese Military
By Michael Swaine, East Asia Program Director
Quincy Institute, 6/2/22

Holding an exaggerated threat perception of China can pose at least as much of a danger to the United States as underestimating it.

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OUR PODCAST SERIES

Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
Quincy Institute / Radio Open Source, 6/2/22

Two "dream diagnosticians of the American condition" join our podcast series to explore the United States' relationship with miltiarism and violence.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Is It Wise to Push South Korea Toward China-Containment?
Discussion featuring Joon Hyung Kim, Andrew Yeo, & Senior Research Fellow Jessica Lee, moderated by Director of Studies Sarang Shidore
Quincy Institute, 6/6/22              
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The U.S. and Asia: Toward Economic Integration or Fragmentation? 
Discussion featuring Rebecca Sta Maria, Marc Mealy, and Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, moderated by East Asia Director Michael Swaine
Quincy Institute, 6/8/22        
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FEATURED

Television
Will the Transfer of Advanced Weapons to Ukraine Lead to a Widening War?
Interview with Steven Simon, Senior Research Analyst
PBS NewsHour, 6/1/22

U.S. diplomacy can help bring Russia's war in Ukraine to an end. 

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Behind Every Scene in Top Gun, War Inc. Steps Up to Take its Bows
By Nick Cleveland-Stout, Researcher
Responsible Statecraft, 6/2/22


Is Top Gun: Maverick entertaining? Yes. But also a certified fresh start for the military industrial complex, which gets a starring role.

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Biden Plans Visit to Saudi Arabia, Hat in Hand
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
Responsible Statecraft, 6/2/22

MBS is playing hardball with the United States, and the White House is just letting him win. Why?

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Never Forget: Landmark ‘Burn Pit’ Measures Couldn’t Come Sooner for Vets
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Editorial Director
Responsible Statecraft, 5/30/22

Nearly 15 years of fighting for recognition and health care benefits for toxic exposure in recent wars may be coming to an end.


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Cold War Catastrophes the U.S. Can Avoid this Time
By Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow
The Atlantic, 6/1/22

The memory of the Cold War warns against seeing every dispute involving Russia as a zero-sum struggle against an existential foe, regardless of actual U.S. interests and local realities. 


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Television
Is the War in Yemen About to End?
Interview with Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow
Al Jazeera, 6/3/22

As a fragile ceasefire holds, Washington can play a key role in securing lasting peace. 


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Bad Branding: Another Blobby Bite at the Anti-restraint Apple
By Stephen Walt, Non-Resident Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 6/2/22

Unfortunately for establishment critics, the war in Ukraine is making their own case for U.S. primacy less appetizing by the day.


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The U.S. Has No Endgame in Ukraine 
Interview with Marcus Stanley, Advocacy Director
Jacobin, 6/2/22

Putin’s disastrous gamble in Ukraine has left the West in a strong position to craft a peace that would underscore the futility of Russia’s aggression.


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MORE. MORE. MORE.

Biden's Expected Saudi Arabia Trip Would Show MBS 'Got Away With Murder' by John Haltiwanger / Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Business Insider, 6/4/22
 
Biden Plans to Visit Saudi Arabia in Push for Oil by Jake Johnson/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Common Dreams, 6/3/22
 
RADIO: The Danger of a Deteriorating Iran Nuclear Deal, Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Julie Mason Mornings/Sirius XM, 6/3/22 
 
PODCAST: The Return of NSC 68 and Roll-back, Interview with Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, The John Batchelor Show, 6/2/22
 
TELEVISION: Why the U.S. Must Avoid a “Permanent Crusade Against Russia” Over Ukraine, Interview with Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven, Democracy Now!, 6/2/22
 
Biden Reverses Course, Plans High-Profile Meeting with Saudi Prince by Jason Ditz/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Antiwar.com, 6/2/22
 
Will Teaching Aggressors a Lesson Deter Future Wars? by Non-Resident Fellow Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy, 6/2/22
 
Yemen Ceasefire Extended After Today’s Expiration by Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Responsible Statecraft, 6/2/22
 
Groups Urge More Oversight of U.S. Aid to Ukraine by Managing Editor Benjamin Armbruster, Responsible Statecraft, 6/1/22
 
VIDEO: The Problem with Pushing South Korea Toward China-Containment, Video by Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, Senior Research Fellow Jessica J. Lee and Multimedia Producer Khody Akhavi, Quincy Institute, 6/1/22
 
The Biden Administration Is in No Rush to Help Ukraine Negotiate an End to the War by Branko Marcetic/ Quoted: Advocacy Director Marcus Stanley, Jacobin, 5/30/22

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