Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft is a U.S. think tank founded in 2019 and located in Washington, D.C.

History

Initial funding for the group, launched in November 2019,[1] includes half a million dollars each from the Open Society Foundation (George Soros) and the Koch Foundation (Charles Koch).[2][3][4]

The think tank is named after U.S. President John Quincy Adams, who as Secretary of State said, in a speech on July 4, 1821, that the U.S. "goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy".[5] It has been described as "realist" in orientation.[6]

David Klion writes: "Quincy's founding members say again and again that 9/11 and the Iraq War were turning points in their careers."[7]

Criticism

In January 2020, the Quincy Institute was accused of antisemitism by Republican politician Tom Cotton, who described it as an "isolationist, blame America First money pit for so-called scholars who've written that American foreign policy could be fixed if only it were rid of the malign influence of Jewish money."[8][9] Quincy president Andrew Bacevich described Cotton's claim as "absurd", while admitting that there used to be anti-Semites among the isolationists and anti-interventionists. He did not think it was "fair, then, to say that the anti-interventionists generally were anti-Semitic".[10] The Jerusalem Post identified a number of fellows of the Institute who have been controversial due to their comments on Jews, including Lawrence Wilkerson, Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer.[9] Eugene Kontorovich, a professor of law at George Mason University, said many Quincy scholars singled out Jews and Israel for "special opprobrium".[11][9]

In May 2020, the conservative publication The Washington Free Beacon criticized the Quincy Institute for its stance and speakers on China, saying that the think tank has repeated Chinese government propaganda and featured defenders of censorship in China.[12][13]

Cofounders

See also

References
  1. "Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft". Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Archived from the original on 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2019-07-01. as we near our public launch in November!
  2. Stephen Kinzer (June 30, 2019). "In an astonishing turn, George Soros and Charles Koch team up to end US 'forever war' policy". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  3. Embury-Denis, Tom (1 July 2019). "George Soros and Charles Koch to fund new 'anti-war' think tank". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. Coleman, Justine (December 3, 2019). "George Soros, Charles Koch foundations help launch pro-peace think tank". The Hill. Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  5. David Klion (July 29, 2019). "Can a New Think Tank Put a Stop to Endless War?". The Nation. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  6. Mills, Curt (2019-07-01). "Realism Resurgent: The Rise of the Quincy Institute". The National Interest. Archived from the original on 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  7. David Klion, "Go Not Abroad in Search of Monsters: The Quincy Institute, a new DC think tank, will fight the Blob at home while advocating restraint overseas", The Nation, vol. 309, no. 3 (August 12 / 19, 2019), p. 21.
  8. Dolsten, Josefin (9 January 2020). "Republican senator accuses Soros-funded think tank of fostering anti-Semitism". Times of Israel. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  9. "New US think tank accused of antisemitism". The Jerusalem Post. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  10. Chotiner, Isaac (January 13, 2020). "Andrew Bacevich on U.S. Foreign-Policy Mistakes". The New Yorker. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  11. Johnson, Eliana (January 28, 2020). "New Koch Group Dogged by Charges of Anti-Semitism". Washington Free Beacon. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  12. "Koch-Soros Think Tank Features Defender of Chinese Censorship". The Washington Free Beacon. May 21, 2020. Archived from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  13. Kakutani, Yuichiro (March 5, 2020). "In Echo of Chinese Propaganda, Quincy Institute Targets Retired American Admiral's Japanese Ancestry". The Washington Free Beacon. Archived from the original on May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

Further reading
  • Bender, Bryan (2019-12-02). "George Soros and Charles Koch take on the 'endless wars'". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  • David Klion, "Go Not Abroad in Search of Monsters: The Quincy Institute, a new DC think tank, will fight the Blob at home while advocating restraint overseas", The Nation, vol. 309, no. 3 (August 12 / 19, 2019), pp. 18–21.
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