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After Afghanistan, Does the U.S. Need Bases In the Middle East At All?
President Joe Biden’s declaration that the withdrawal from Afghanistan puts an end to “an era of major military operations to …
The 9/11 Wars: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Twenty years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, America has finally ended the war in Afghanistan — but many of the …
The Future of Regional Engagement with Afghanistan and the Taliban
Following the U.S. and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban now control the vast majority of Afghan territory and the …
Who’s Behind Instability in the Middle East?
WATCH VIDEO OF THE EVENT BELOW The Middle East has suffered immensely from civil wars, especially in the decade following …
Taking Stock: U.S. Counterterrorism Interventions in Africa Today
While Washington is winding down counterterror operations in Afghanistan and possibly Iraq, there is growing pressure from some quarters for …
Will Biden Deliver on His Promise to End U.S. Complicity in Yemen’s War?
On February 4, President Biden committed to ending support for offensive Saudi military action in Yemen, as well as relevant …
The Biden-Putin Summit: Outcomes and Implications
A joint panel of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the American Committee for U.S.-Russia Accord (ACURA). The summit …
Ending the Conflict in Ukraine: A Negotiated Solution
As President Biden prepares to meet with President Putin on June 16, the territorial disputes in Ukraine — including Russia’s …
What Comes After the Apocalypse?
Things have changed dramatically over the past year. Or have they? We’re living in a (nearly) post-pandemic, post-Trump, post-economic collapse …
Can an Oscar-Nominated Film, a New President and the Courts Close Guantanamo?
President Biden’s announcement to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan brings an end to one part of the two-decade-long Global War …
Veteran Book Talk – The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley
Wesley Morgan first visited the Pech in 2010, as a college student embedded with U.S. military units as a freelance …
Making the Forever War: The Enduring Insights of Historian Marilyn Young
What drives the forever war? First and foremost, it is a failure to learn the lessons of the past, argued …
Iran’s Presidential Elections and its Future Foreign and Domestic Policies
With only weeks left until Iran’s June 18 Presidential elections, campaigning will begin in earnest the last week of May. …
What Does a Foreign Policy for the Middle Class Look Like?
This event is co-hosted by the Center for the National Interest. President Biden has talked about pursuing a foreign policy …
The End of Great Power Competition?
In 2017, the Pentagon under President Donald Trump announced that a new era of “great power competition” had arrived. Almost …
NATO Expansion: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?
The Ukrainian government has issued a new request for an Action Plan leading to NATO membership, even as the situation …
Ending the Forever War: President Biden’s Decision to Withdraw U.S. Troops from Afghanistan
QI hosts a discussion on Biden’s planned withdrawal from Afghanistan and what comes next for U.S. policy in the country
The Human Rights Impact of Broad-Based Economic Sanctions — Time to Rethink our Approach?
QI hosts a discussion on the impact of America’s overuse of broad-based economic sanctions on human rights
SOS! Sino-American Cooperation Needed to Save the Planet
QI to host a panel discussion on the need for cooperation between the U.S. and China on climate change
Is the Quad’s Rise Destabilizing Asia?
QI hosts a discussion of the growing importance of the “Quad” in the U.S. security strategy in Asia
Gen Z and U.S. foreign policy: Is this where the status quo meets its match?
QI and the John Quincy Adams Society co-host a discussion on Gen Z and U.S. foreign policy
Is Time Running out for the JCPOA?
QI to host a discussion for the prospects of the revival of the JCPOA amid new hurdles for diplomacy
The Afghanistan Papers a Year Later: A Live Q&A with Washington Post Investigative Journalist Craig Whitlock
QI hosts a live Q&A with ‘Afghanistan Papers’ journalist Craig Whitlock of the Washington Post