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Greetings,
Welcome to launch week at the Quincy Institute! It’s been a busy and fulfilling one that seems to be going by in a blink. I did want to grab just a moment, though, to catch you up on some of the highlights.
Our Capitol Hill reception yesterday was a great success. We debuted the Quincy Institute to a packed room of approximately 250 guests-- Members of Congress and staff, organizational leaders, distinguished academics, and top-tier media included. I am also including a few of the top pieces of media coverage we received.
The energy in the room was high and overwhelmingly positive. We opened our program with a short, yet sweeping, video of introduction, highlighting both the breadth and depth of Quincy’s work and of our expertise. If you missed it, you can catch the introductory video here.
Our president, Andrew Bacevich, then welcomed the crowd and invited an esteemed roster of speakers to the stage to discuss how and why U.S. foreign policy is so broken and what can and must be done to fix it--- cue the Quincy theme song. The discussion--moderated by Kelly Vlahos of The American Conservative and joined by Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andrew, and our board chairman, Suzanne DiMaggio-- offered a sneak peak of the rigorous and far-ranging conversation Quincy intends to drive nationally. Kelly closed out the program by acknowledging she had at least 15 more questions she still wanted to raise-- a sentiment I shared. I am heartened, though, to know with certainty that this evening is only the beginning of the conversation. If you weren’t able to join us, you can watch the program here.
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Not to be overlooked, we began the day with the launch of the Quincy Institute website as well as our publishing platform Responsible Statecraft. Responsible Statecraft will feature foreign policy news, opinion, and analysis and critique the ideas—and the ideologies and interests behind them—that have mired the United States in counterproductive endless wars.
Both sites made clear that we’ve hit the ground running on the scholarship front.
I encourage you to visit QuincyInst.org where you can read our first three scholarship briefs.
- In “A World Dividing: The International Implications of the Sino-American Rift,” Chas W. Freeman shows how the Trump administration’s actions are expanding China’s economic influence and how the declaration of “great power competition” between the U.S. and China comes at the expense of more pressing concerns such as climate change.
- Nikhil Pal Singh takes on the endemic culture of what he calls “Toxic Militarism” and offers concrete suggestions on how-- both strategically and tactically-- the United States should challenge this dangerous phenomenon.
- Jessica Lee provides a completely new and fresh approach to the US-South Korean relationship that navigates a way out of the deadlocked and harmful dispute over burden-sharing.
Our publishing platform, Responsible Statecraft launched operations with more than a dozen original articles, including Stephen Walt’s must-read “A Manifesto for Restrainers,” as well as an interview with Peter Beinart on how to end American militarism. Beinart reflects on his own intellectual journey from his earlier adherence to neoconservatism to his current skepticism of the use of military power.
The last thing I want to call your attention to -- for now-- is a letter of welcome by Andrew and Suzanne. I share their vision, sentiments, and enthusiasm for the Quincy Institute and for the work that lies ahead. I know you do as well. And I want to thank you, for without you, all that happened this week would not have been possible.
Sincerely,
Trita Parsi
Executive Vice President
Media highlights
Politico, December 2, 2019
Dissent, December 4, 2019
HillTV, December 4, 2019
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