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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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JUST RELEASED

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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MORE. MORE. MORE.

Diplomacy Watch: Why Did the West Stop a Peace Deal in Ukraine? by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 9/2/22

Russia's Scripted War Games Failing to Prepare Troops, Aim to Impress: U.K. by Brendan Cole/ Quoted: Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, Newsweek, 9/2/22 

Finally Wean Europe Off Washington by Non-Resident Fellow Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy, 9/1/22

PODCAST: Ukraine: Six Months Later, Has Europe Abandoned Its Dreams?, Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Crashing the War Party, 9/1/22

Are We Heading for World War Three? by Staff/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The Week, 9/1/22

Climate Change Is a National Security Issue by Research Fellow Adam Weinstein, Responsible Statecraft, 9/1/22

Vostok Military Exercises Indicate That Russia Is Far From Isolated by Director of Studies Sarang Shidore, Responsible Statecraft, 9/1/22

The Tragedy of Mikhail Gorbachev by Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, 8/31/22

Think COVID Has Stunted Growth? Try 30 Years of Conflict by Senior Analyst Steven Simon, Responsible Statecraft, 8/30/22

Moqtada al-Sadr, Called on His Bluff, Retreats for Now by Senior Analyst Steven Simon, Responsible Statecraft, 8/30/22

On Afghan Pullout Anniversary, Biden Has Moved On 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 by Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, 8/30/22

Pentagon Stockpiles ‘Uncomfortably Low’ Due to Ukraine Arms Transfers: DoD by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 8/29/22

Why U.S. Hegemony Is Incompatible With a ‘Rules-Based International Order’ by Associate Sam Fraser, Responsible Statecraft, 8/29/22

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