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August 28, 2022

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Tomorrow
Strategic Patience: Sustainable Engagement with a Changed Afghanistan

Monday, August 29 at 12:00-1:00 PM ET

Featuring Graeme Smith, Haroun Rahimi, Tara Moayed, & Jordan Kane. Research Fellow Adam Weinstein will moderate.


The Sugar High of Unipolarity: Why U.S. Military Interventions Increased after the Cold War
Tuesday, September at 12:00-1:00 PM ET

Featuring  Monica Duffy Toft, Sidita Kushi, & John Mearsheimer. Executive Vice President Trita Parsi will moderate.

JUST RELEASED

Symposium 
Was Withdrawing from Afghanistan the Right Thing to Do?

Compiled by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos & Managing Editor Ben Armbruster
Responsible Statecraft, 8/25/22

We asked more than 20 scholars, journalists, and advocates how they feel today about the decision to leave, one year after the fall of Kabul.

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FEATURED

Last Chance for America and Iran
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
Foreign Affairs, 8/26/22

The main reasons why the new JCPOA will be more fragile are not internal to the deal but external.


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How the U.S. Should Respond to Russian Influence in Latin America
By Aileen Teague, Non-Resident Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 8/22/22

Moscow’s regional reach is limited but Washington needs a long term plan for reengagement in the Western Hemisphere.


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Radio
Why the U.S. Cares About the War in Ukraine
Interview with George Beebe, Grand Strategy Director
NPR, 8/25/22


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The Saudi Lobby Builds Back Better
By Ben Freeman, Research Fellow
The Intercept, 8/25/22

It’s no surprise that Joe Biden failed to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah.” But from Hollywood to academia, Saudi interests have returned to industries that once vowed to cast them off.


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Mourning a Lost War: Why Nation-Building Failed in Afghanistan
By Adam Weinstein, Research Fellow
The National Interest, 8/22/22

Our flawed understanding, our limited outreach to Afghan society, and our unreliable political partners in Kabul wouldn’t have mattered so much if we weren’t fighting a counterinsurgency, which meant building a nation.

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Weeks After Biden’s Fist-Bump, Saudi Arabia Continues to Taunt America
By Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
MSNBC, 8/25/22

Biden not only failed to bring oil prices down — he also committed to a misguided security strategy.

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Stuart Scheller’s Tragic Truth-Telling About Military Hypocrisy
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Editorial Director
The American Spectator, 8/25/22

The former lieutenant colonel’s upcoming book shows the high price of bad leadership.


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Television
Ukraine Has Become a Bloody Stalemate. We Need a Settlement to End the Fighting.

Interview with Anatol Lieven, Eurasia Director
Democracy Now!/PBS, 8/26/22 

A possible path to a general ceasefire could begin with securing the safety of the region around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

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MORE. MORE. MORE.

PODCAST: Stop Trying to Put Afghanistan in the Rearview, Interview with Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, Crashing the War Party, 8/26/22

Biden Urged to Reseal Nuclear Deal to Avert  ‘Disastrous U.S.-Iran War’ by Jessica Corbett/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Common Dreams, 8/25/22

The Spinning Door: From U.S. Government Service to Lobbying for Dictators by Researcher Nick Cleveland-Stout & Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Responsible Statecraft, 8/25/22

Restored Iran Nuclear Deal Could Serve as Platform for Talks on Other Regional Tensions by Asmahan Qarjouli/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Doha News, 8/25/22

Flexibility on Both Sides Brings Iran Nuclear Deal Closer by Brooke Anderson/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The New Arab, 8/24/22

Putin Fairly Deconstructed: A Man, a Myth, the State by Eurasia Program Director Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, 8/24/22

The Pentagon Wants to Keep This New Multibillion Dollar Plane a Secret by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 8/24/22

Are the U.S. and Iran About to Restore the Nuclear Deal? by Maziar Motamedi/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Al Jazeera, 8/23/22

How the Killing of Iran’s Top General Squandered U.S. Leverage in Iraq Today by Senior Analyst Steven Simon, Responsible Statecraft, 8/22/22

Is Turkey on the Cusp of Restoring Ties With Syria's Assad? by Tyler Durden/ Quoted: Non-Resident Fellow Joshua Landis, The New Arab, 8/22/22

Will Washington Blow its Chance for a Fresh Start in Colombia? by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 8/22/22

As U.S. Announces New $800M Ukraine Arms Package, Here's The Total List Since War's Start by Tyler Durden/ Quoted: Reporter Connor Echols, Zero Hedge, 8/19/22

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