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** September 4, 2022
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The Sugar High of Unipolarity: Why U.S. Military Interventions Increased after the Cold War
Tuesday, September 6 at 12:00-1:00 PM ET
Featuring Sidita Kushi & Non-Resident Fellows Monica Duffy Toft & John Mearsheimer. Executive Vice President Trita Parsi will moderate.
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Brief
Managed Competition: A U.S. Grand Strategy for a Multipolar World
By George Beebe, Grand Strategy Director
Quincy Institute, 9/1/22
We must establish rules of the game for a multipolar era to manage threats that cannot be addressed through American might alone.
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Our Narrowing Options in Ukraine
By George Beebe, Grand Strategy Director
The Hill, 9/4/22
As long as we're unwilling to steer toward a settlement, we face a choice between escalating our involvement and engaging in an endurance contest in which Putin likes his chances.
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Television
Is a New Iran Nuclear Deal a Good Idea?
Interview with Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President
The Medhi Hasan Show/MSNBC, 8/31/22
Restoring the nuclear deal with Iran is essential to reducing tensions between Washington and Tehran and avoiding a deeper conflict.
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Gorbachev's Legacy
By Katrina vanden Heuvel, Board Member
The Nation, 8/31/22
Gorbachev’s vision of an alternative security framework—“New Thinking,” as it was called—remains not only unfinished but increasingly under threat.
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What Makes America Safe? Budget Priorities and Public Health
By William Hartung, Senior Research Fellow
Forbes, 9/1/22
The United States is over-invested in war and preparation for war, and under-invested in addressing the most urgent threats to people’s lives and livelihoods (which are not military in nature).
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Why Wars Are Easy to Start and Hard to End
By Stephen Walt, Non-Resident Fellow
Foreign Policy, 8/29/22
Misperception, sunk costs, escalation, and internationalization all make conflicts last longer than planned.
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Why Colby Is Wrong on Taiwan
By Michael Swaine, East Asia Director
The National Interest, 8/29/22
The Taiwan issue, at root, is not about military balances but political motives.
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‘Sweeping’ DoD Plan to Mitigate Civilian Harm Merely Humanizes Endless War
By Samuel Moyn, Non-Resident Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 8/31/22
New protocols seeking to make US military operations more ethical and compassionate have the awkward effect of legitimizing them.
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Diplomacy Watch: Why Did the West Stop a Peace Deal in Ukraine? ([link removed]) by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 9/2/22
Russia's Scripted War Games Failing to Prepare Troops, Aim to Impress: U.K. ([link removed]) by Brendan Cole/ Quoted: Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, Newsweek, 9/2/22
Finally Wean Europe Off Washington ([link removed]) by Non-Resident Fellow Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy, 9/1/22
PODCAST: Ukraine: Six Months Later, Has Europe Abandoned Its Dreams? ([link removed]) , Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Crashing the War Party, 9/1/22
Are We Heading for World War Three? ([link removed] ) by Staff/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Week, 9/1/22
Climate Change Is a National Security Issue ([link removed]) by Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, Responsible Statecraft, 9/1/22
Vostok Military Exercises Indicate That Russia Is Far From Isolated ([link removed]) by Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, Responsible Statecraft, 9/1/22
The Tragedy of Mikhail Gorbachev ([link removed]) by Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, 8/31/22
Think COVID Has Stunted Growth? Try 30 Years of Conflict ([link removed]) by Senior Analyst Steven Simon, Responsible Statecraft, 8/30/22
Moqtada al-Sadr, Called on His Bluff, Retreats for Now ([link removed]) by Senior Analyst Steven Simon, Responsible Statecraft, 8/30/22
On Afghan Pullout Anniversary, Biden Has Moved On ([link removed]) by Shaun Tandon/ Quoted: Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, Barron’s, 8/30/22
There’s a Good Chance Liz Truss’s Ukraine, China Policy Will Be Worse ([link removed]) by Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, 8/30/22
Pentagon Stockpiles ‘Uncomfortably Low’ Due to Ukraine Arms Transfers: DoD ([link removed]) by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 8/29/22
Why U.S. Hegemony Is Incompatible With a ‘Rules-Based International Order’ ([link removed]) by Associate Sam Fraser, Responsible Statecraft, 8/29/22
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