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March 12, 2023

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UPCOMING EVENTS
Webinar
Saudi-Iranian Normalization: A New Era for China in the Middle East?
Tuesday, March 14 from 2:00-3:00 PM EST

Featuring Senior Research Fellow Michael Swaine, Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, & Kristian Coates Ulrichsen; moderated by Executive Vice President Trita Parsi

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Webinar
Is Congress Captured by the Arms Industry?
Wednesday, March 15 from 4:00-5:00 PM EST

Featuring Rep. Jackie Speier, Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, & Dan Grazier; moderated by Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

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Webinar
Evergreen Lessons of the Iraq War Twenty Years Later
Monday, March 20 from 2:00-3:00 PM EST

Featuring Senior Research Fellow Steven Simon, Marsin Alshamary, & Michael O'Hanlon; moderated by Research Fellow Adam Weinstein

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In-Person, Live-Streamed Event
Bad News: How the Media Marched Us to War in Iraq and Beyond
Wednesday, March 22 from 4:00-5:30 PM EST

Featuring Senior Advisor Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Peter Beinart, & Jonathan Landay; moderated by Krystal Ball

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Television
The Military Industrial Excess: The Real Cost of War

The Problem with Jon Stewart, 3/10/23

Featuring the Quincy Institute's work on the Military Industrial Complex.
 
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Cranes, Planes, and Surveillance Balloons: Hyping the China Threat Harms U.S. Security
By Senior Research Fellow William Hartung 
Forbes, 3/7/23


Inflating the military threat posed by China and seeing Chinese influence in every action large or small risks locking in a new Cold War that could lead to an actual conflict down the road.

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Exit Yemen Now to Assist a Fragile Peace
By Research Fellow Annelle Sheline
The American Prospect, 3/8/23


It’s time for a war powers resolution to end U.S. support for Saudi’s war of aggression.

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Raisina Dialogue Highlights India’s Global Balancing Act
By Director of Studies Sarang Shidore
The Diplomat, 3/8/23


India pitched its identity as both a stalwart U.S. partner and a core member of the Global South.

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House Hearing Showcases UAE and Bahrain Funding at the Witness Table
By Investigative-Journalist-at-Large Eli Clifton
Responsible Statecraft, 3/9/23


All three witnesses on the ‘Abraham Accords’ have connections and/or financial ties to signatories of the deal.

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America Is Too Scared of the Multipolar World
By Non-Resident Fellow Stephen Walt
Foreign Policy, 3/7/23


The Biden administration is striving for a unipolar order that no longer exists.

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In-Person, Live-Streamed Event
Okinawa Symposium 2023

Featuring Okinawa Governor Yasuhiro “Denny” Tamaki & Senior Research Fellow Michael Swaine; moderated by Non-Resident Fellow Mike Mochizuki
Okinawa Prefectural Government, George Washington University, & Quincy Institute, 3/9/23


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MORE. MORE. MORE.

Iran and Saudi Arabia Signal the Start of a New Era, With China Front and Center by Tamara Qiblawi/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, CNN, 3/11/23

John Bolton Was Dead Wrong on New START by Grand Strategy Director George Beebe, Washington Post, 3/10/23

Iran, Saudi Arabia Agree to Resume Ties With China’s Help by John Gambrell/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, AP, 3/10/23

Saudi Arabia, Iran Restore Relations in Surprise Agreement Brokered by China by Paul Shinkman/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, U.S. News and World Report, 3/10/23


TELEVISION: On the Pentagon Budget Request, Interview with Grand Strategy Director George Beebe, Mornings with Maria/ Fox Business News, 3/10/23

Diplomacy Watch: Tensions Grow in West as Brutal War Drags On by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 3/10/23

Progressives Say Military Budget Should Be Cut as Biden Floats $30 Billion Increase by Jake Johnson/ Cited: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Common Dreams, 3/10/23

Saudi Arabia and Iran Agree to Re-establish Ties in Talks Hosted by China by Vivian Nereim/ Quoted: Executive Vice President Trita Parsi, The New York Times, 3/10/23

PODCAST: The Saudi War Against Yemen Could be Coming to an End, Interview with Research Fellow Annelle Sheline, Background Briefing with Ian Masters, 3/9/22

RADIO: Updates on the War in Ukraine, Interview with Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven, Eye on the World with John Batchelor/ CBS, 3/9/23

Biden’s $842B Pentagon Budget Proposal Would Boost New Weapons by Marcus Weisberger/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Government Executive, 3/9/23

Biden’s New Whopping $866B Defense Budget Request by Senior Research Fellow William Hartung, Responsible Statecraft, 3/9/23

Must South Korea Choose Between the U.S. and China? By Doug Bandow/ Cited: Junior Research Fellow James Park, The American Conservative, 3/9/23


Ukraine War Unleashed Similar West-Russia Divide in Georgia by Junior Research Fellow Artin DerSimonian, Responsible Statecraft, 3/9/23

WEBCAST:From Minsk to Lasting Peace in Ukraine featuring Dominique Arel & Jesse Driscoll; moderated by Research Fellow Suzanne Loftus, Quincy Institute, 3/8/23

Gaetz Effort to Bring Troops Home from Syria Fails Despite Bipartisan Vote by Reporter Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 3/8/23

Is America Inching Toward Conflict with China? by Peter Weber/ Cited: Senior Research Fellow Michael Swaine, Yahoo News, 3/8/23

On NYT Nord Stream Theory, German Official Raises Specter of 'False Flag’ by Editorial Director Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft, 3/8/23

Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Finally End U.S. Embargo on Cuba by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 3/7/23

Matt Gaetz Leads Wednesday to Bring All U.S. Troops Home from Syria by Reporters Connor Echols and Blaise Malley, Responsible Statecraft, 3/7/23

China’s Leader, With Rare Bluntness, Blames U.S. Containment for Troubles by Keith Bradsher/ Quoted: Senior Research Fellow Michael Swaine, The New York Times, 3/7/23

A Supermajority of South Koreans Want Nukes: Polls by Reporter Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft, 3/6/23

PODCAST: Can Germany Persuade its Biggest Trading Partner China to Bring Russia to the Peace Table?, Interview with Non-Resident Fellow Stephen Walt, Background Briefing with Ian Masters, 3/5/23
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