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December 11, 2022
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JUST RELEASED

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.

Diplomacy Watch: NATO Infighting Continues as Putin Signals Long War by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 12/9/22

What Drives Iranian Conduct? By Non-Resident Fellow Paul Pillar, The National Interest, 12/8/22

RADIO: Update on the Russia-Ukraine War, Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven,  Eye on the World with John Batchelor, 12/8/22

RADIO: Brittney Griner Returns Home, Interview with Grand Strategy Director George Beebe, WFLA, 12/9/22

TELEVISION: Former CIA Russia Analysis Chief on Griner Release, 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, 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 by Investigative-Journalist-at-Large Eli Clifton, Responsible Statecraft, 12/8/22

Nigerian Military’s Forced Abortions Raise Questions About U.S. Aid by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 12/8/22

Bibi Is Back and Providing Fresh Political Land Mines for U.S. 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 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 by Julia Conley/ Quoted: Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Common Dreams, 12/6/22. 

How the UAE Turns its Interests Into U.S. Policy by Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Responsible Statecraft, 12/6/22

Report: Bernie to Push Vote on Yemen War Powers Next Week by Managing Editor Ben Armbruster, Responsible Statecraft, 12/6/22

Ukraine Hits Targets Deep Inside Russia in Break With Biden Administration by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 12/6/22

UAE Clients Spent $64m on U.S. Lobbying Between 2020-2021, New Analysis Finds 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 by W.J. Hennigan/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Time, 12/3/22

PODCAST: 8 Billion Humans, Interviewed Non-Resident Fellow Alden Young, Today Explained/Vox, 12/2/22
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