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Subject Highlights of the Week @QI: The cost of weakening Russia, who benefits from Pentagon bloat? U.S. military spending in Ukraine, & more
Date January 22, 2023 7:18 PM
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** January 22, 2023
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No, Weakening Russia is Not “Costing Peanuts” for the U.S.
By Executive Vice President Trita Parsi
The New Republic, 1/20/23

Contrary to what you're hearing from the foreign policy establishment, there are numerous costs to the United States from the ongoing war in Ukraine, even if they don't necessarily show up in the current balance sheets.

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Who Benefits Most From a Bloated Pentagon Budget? The Weapons Industry.
By Senior Research Fellow William Hartung
The Nation, 1/20/23

We must puncture the myth that the quest for total global military dominance best serves the interests of the American people and loosen the stranglehold of the Pentagon and its corporate allies on the budget process.

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Empire by Invitation
By Non-Resident Fellow Samar Al-Bulushi
The Intercept, 1/19/23

African leaders recently met in Washington. Unfortunately, the summit offered the same old, same old for the continent moving forward — militaristic approaches with American backing.

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Six Questions US-Euro Defense Chiefs Should Be Raising Today But Likely Won’t
By Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven
Responsible Statecraft, 1/19/23

Top US and European defense officials met on Friday at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. As the war in Ukraine rages on, these are the questions that ought to have been addressed.

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DC Think Tank Addresses Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest
By Investigative-Journalist-at-Large Eli Clifton
Responsible Statecraft, 1/19/23

The Atlantic Council retroactively acknowledged content it was producing on energy and climate change had a connection to a major funder.

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U.S. Military Spending in Ukraine Reached Nearly $50 Billion in 2022 – But No Amount of Money Alone is Enough to End the War
By Non-Resident Fellow Monica Duffy Toft
The Conversation, 1/18/23

Ending the war will require more than smart weapons and grit. It will take political acumen and diplomatic efforts to help Ukraine continue to secure its independence and protect against future Russian threats.

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How the E.U. Blacklisting Iran's Revolutionary Guard Could Undermine Protesters ([link removed]) by Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, MSNBC, 1/20/23

Germans Remain Adamantly Opposed to Sending Any Leopard Tanks to Ukraine ([link removed]) by Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, 1/20/23

Q & A: Stopping the Killing ([link removed]) , Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Andrew von Wagner/ Substack, 1/19/23

Surprise! Arab Public Gives Abraham Accords a Big Thumbs Down ([link removed]) by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 1/19/23

What Europe’s ‘Qatargate’ Is—and Isn’t ([link removed]) by Caroline de Gruyter/ Quoted: Research Fellow Ben Freeman, Foreign Policy, 1/19/23

TELEVISION: Van Der Leyen Backs Listing Iran's Guards as a Terrorist Group ([link removed]) , Interview with Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, CNNi, 1/18/23

U.S. Hypocrisy on Foreign Policy Undermines the ‘Rules-Based’ Order it Claims to Defend ([link removed]) by Branko Marcetic/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, Current Affairs, 1/18/23

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