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    How China and America Can Move from Competition to Stability

    Both sides require greater reassurance, positive incentives to exercise restraint and cooperation, and recognition of the need for an enduring, stable balance supported by substantive, lasting agreements.

    Full piece in War on the Rocks
    Michael D. Swaine
    Posted on October 12, 2026

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The Quincy Institute promotes ideas that move U.S. foreign policy away from endless war, toward military restraint and diplomacy in the pursuit of international peace. We are building a world where peace is the norm and war is the exception.

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From Strategic Patience to Persistent Counter-Escalation: Iran’s Emerging Theory of Deterrence

Sina Toossi
Posted on September 17, 2026
Collection

The Iran War

Posted on October 16, 2026
Reprints

How China and America Can Move from Competition to Stability

Full piece in War on the Rocks
Michael D. Swaine
Posted on October 12, 2026
QI Briefs

Structural Misalignment and the Limits of Pressure: Trump and Brazil’s 2026 Election

Andre Pagliarini and Feliciano de Sá Guimarães
Posted on September 24, 2026
QI Briefs

Revitalizing the Transatlantic Alliance: Principles for a Balanced NATO 

Mark Episkopos
Posted on June 30, 2026
QI Briefs

A New Government in Israel: What the Future Might Hold

Steven Simon
Posted on September 10, 2026
All Reports & Briefs

Research at the Quincy Institute


As a research institution, we expose the dangerous consequences of an overly militarized American foreign policy and present an alternative approach, centered on diplomacy and military restraint.

Our Research

Our cutting-edge research spans across six geographic and thematic teams and forms the basis for our advocacy and outreach.

Democratizing Foreign Policy

U.S. foreign policy should serve the interests of the American people and not those of special interests.

East Asia

We develop concepts and pathways for the U.S. to pursue a stable balance of power in the region.

Eurasia

U.S. policies that promote international peace and cooperation in Europe and Eurasia will avoid costly new U.S. military commitments.

Global South

The rise of power and agency of the Global South requires a new approach by the United States.

Grand Strategy

For decades, the United States’ pursuit of military dominance across the globe has delivered neither peace nor strength.

Middle East

We work to avoid new military entanglements in the Middle East, the center of American military overreach for decades.

Events & Webinars

The Quincy Institute hosts frequent debates, panel discussions, book talks, and other events virtually and in person that challenge the status quo, amplify underrepresented perspectives, and propose bold solutions. These are the conversations you will find beyond cable news or on the front pages of the newspaper.

  • War in Ethiopia Begins Anew: Stakes for Africa and Beyond
    Webinar
    Oct 29, 2026 11:00AM EDT

    War in Ethiopia Begins Anew: Stakes for Africa and Beyond

    How does this war impact the United States, and what role, if any, should the Trump administration play to reduce…

    Samar al-Bulushi,
    Cameron Hudson,
    Michael Woldemariam,
    Alan Boswell and
    Dan M. Ford
  • Follow the Money: Countering Illicit Finance in Latin America
    Webinar
    Oct 22, 2026 1:00PM EDT

    Follow the Money: Countering Illicit Finance in Latin America

    Prominent experts discuss the suite of financial tools the U.S. government has at its disposal to counter illicit finance.

    Yara Esquivel,
    Julia Yansura,
    Karthik Sankaran and
    Lee Schlenker (Moderator)
  • Collision Averted? The Brazilian Election and U.S.-Brazil Relations
    Webinar
    Oct 20, 2026 10:30AM EDT

    Collision Averted? The Brazilian Election and U.S.-Brazil Relations

    The ramifications of the Brazilian election for US policy in Latin America.

    Andre Pagliarini,
    Feliciano de Sá Guimarães,
    Jana Nelson and
    Sarang Shidore
All Events and Webinars

Experts in the Media

Quincy Institute experts are frequently called upon to offer their analysis on breaking foreign policy news. Our trusted perspective on restraint in foreign policy is a critical contribution to the national conversation.

  • Hegseth ramps up US troops in Panama as Pentagon expands war on drug cartels
    Experts in the Media

    Hegseth ramps up US troops in Panama as Pentagon expands war on drug cartels

    Featured in The Hill

    Lee Schlenker
    October 16, 2026
  • Israel Declares All Arab States Illegitimate
    Experts in the Media

    Israel Declares All Arab States Illegitimate

    Featured on Breaking Points

    Trita Parsi
    October 15, 2026
  • MBS Trapped: The War Saudi Arabia Can’t Win
    Experts in the Media

    MBS Trapped: The War Saudi Arabia Can’t Win

    Featured on DropSite News

    Annelle Sheline
    October 15, 2026
All Experts in the Media

Other Key Topics

These are collections on timely topics of particular current interest.

2026 Foreign Policy Issue Guides
Africa
Economic Statecraft
Foreign Influence
Iran War
Israel
Latin America
Military Industrial Complex
Taiwan
Trillion Dollar War Machine
US-China Relations
Ukraine War

Help us achieve a world where peace is the norm and war the exception.

The Quincy Institute is a transpartisan “action tank” and communications project, established to challenge the decades-long obsession of U.S. foreign policy decision makers with global military dominance and war.

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