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** December 11, 2022
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BRIEF
The Threat of New Wars in the Caucasus: A Good Case for U.S. Restraint
By Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven & Junior Research Fellow Artin DerSimonian
Quincy Institute, 12/8/22
Increased violence and instability in the Caucasus and Russian military defeats in Ukraine are tempting Washington to increase its involvement in the region. It should refrain.
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The Emirati Lobby in America
By Ben Freeman, Research Fellow
Quincy Institute, 12/5/22
The United Arab Emirates is employing a small army of Washington lobbyists to influence American foreign policy.
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OUR PODCAST
The Maelstrom of Geopolitics
Featuring Ambassador Chas Freeman, statesman
In Search of Monsters/ Quincy Institute & Radio Open Source, 12/8/22
Freeman discusses the imminent end of the five-century-long period of transatlantic dominance.
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House Passes Pro-Taiwan Measures That Are Sure to Look Anti-China to Beijing
By Michael Swaine, East Asia Director
Responsible Statecraft, 12/8/22
Though it is less likely to foment war with China than prior iterations, Congress' meddling with Taiwan policy, included in a big military spending authorization bill sure to be enacted still contains harmful items leftover from the controversial Taiwan Policy Act.
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What Congress Needs to Know about the Truce in Yemen
By Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow
Inkstick Media, 12/5/22
Fighting is starting to escalate in Yemen and peace is seeming more and more elusive.
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New Spending Bill Squanders Billions on Dysfunctional Weapons Programs
By William Hartung, Senior Research Fellow
Responsible Statecraft, 12/9/22
The increase alone from last year is more than what some of the world’s biggest countries spend on their own defense budgets.
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TELEVISION
WNBA Star Brittney Griner is Headed Home
Interview with George Beebe, Grand Strategy Director
Evening Debrief/Newsy, 12/8/22
Prisoner exchanges and even hostage releases are complicated. There's the diplomacy and the backroom conversations and all the secret deals being made.
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** MORE. MORE. MORE.
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Diplomacy Watch: NATO Infighting Continues as Putin Signals Long War ([link removed]) by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 12/9/22
What Drives Iranian Conduct? ([link removed]) By Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, The National Interest, 12/8/22
RADIO: Update on the Russia-Ukraine War ([link removed]) , Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Eye on the World with John Batchelor, 12/8/22
RADIO: Brittney Griner Returns Home ([link removed]) , Interview with Grand Strategy Director George Beebe, WFLA, 12/9/22
TELEVISION: Former CIA Russia Analysis Chief on Griner Release ([link removed]) , Interview with Director of Grand Strategy George Beebe, Cheddar News, 12/8/22
PODCAST: More Deals with Putin Unlikely Until After a Russian Offensive in the Spring ([link removed]) , Interview with Grand Strategy Director George Beebe, Background Briefing with Ian Masters, 12/8/22
AI Weapons Investors Get an Undisclosed Advertorial in the Atlantic ([link removed]) by Investigative-Journalist-at-Large Eli Clifton, Responsible Statecraft, 12/8/22
Nigerian Military’s Forced Abortions Raise Questions About U.S. Aid ([link removed]) by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 12/8/22
Bibi Is Back and Providing Fresh Political Land Mines for U.S ([link removed]) . by Senior Analyst Steven Simon, Responsible Statecraft, 12/7/22
Bernie Sanders to Bring Yemen War Powers Resolution to the Floor as Soon as Next Week ([link removed]) by Daniel Boguslaw & Ryan Grimm/ Quoted: Non-Resident Fellow Shireeen al-Adeimi, The Intercept, 12/6/22
Sanders Says He Has Enough Support to Pass Yemen War Powers Resolution ([link removed]) by Julia Conley/ Quoted: Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Common Dreams, 12/6/22.
How the UAE Turns its Interests Into U.S. Policy ([link removed]) by Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Responsible Statecraft, 12/6/22
Report: Bernie to Push Vote on Yemen War Powers Next Week ([link removed]) by Managing Editor Ben Armbruster, Responsible Statecraft, 12/6/22
Ukraine Hits Targets Deep Inside Russia in Break With Biden Administration ([link removed]) by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 12/6/22
UAE Clients Spent $64m on U.S. Lobbying Between 2020-2021, New Analysis Finds ([link removed]) by Staff/ Quoted: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Middle East Eye, 12/5/22
Exclusive: The Making of the U.S. Military's New Stealth Bomber ([link removed]) by W.J. Hennigan/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Time, 12/3/22
PODCAST:8 Billion Humans ([link removed]) , Interviewed Non-Resident Fellow Alden Young, Today Explained/Vox, 12/2/22
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