The Role of Diplomacy in Rebuilding Security in Europe

George Beebe

Topic: The Role of Diplomacy in Rebuilding Security in Europe
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Place: Irondequoit Country Club: 4045 East Ave. [14618]
Time: 6:00 Cocktails; 7:00 Dinner; 8:00 Speaker Presentation followed by Q and A
Cost: $55 per person ($58 if paying online), buffet style. Cash Bar
Dinner: Buffet style – 2 protein options, 1 vegetarian option

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For decades, the United States has pursued a policy of military strength ..…but has it delivered peace, strength, and safer Americans?

The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, an action-oriented think tank, focuses on exposing the consequences of an overly militarized American foreign policy. As U.S. foreign policy undergoes seismic shifts and the global balance of power becomes increasingly multipolar, are new institutions and novel approaches needed to manage Russia-West relations in this new era? Can such institutions help to stabilize a wider international order in transition?

Quincy presents a grand strategy that is dedicated to a vision of American foreign policy based on diplomatic engagement and military restraint, rather than domination…seeking peace as the norm and war the exception. While maintaining adequate deterrence, will dialogue and diplomacy succeed in enhancing security for global neighbors from Vancouver to Vladivostok?

Our guest speaker is George Beebe, the director of ‘grand strategy’; at the Quincy Institute. He spent more than two decades in government as an intelligence analyst, diplomat, and policy advisor, including as director of the CIA’s Russia analysis, director of the CIA’s Open Source Center, and as a staff advisor on Russia matters to Vice President Cheney. His book, The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into Nuclear Catastrophe (St. Martin’s Press, 2019), warned how the United States and Russia could stumble into a dangerous military confrontation. Prior to joining Quincy Institute, George was Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for the National Interest and before that he served as president of a technology company that measured the impact of events, issues, and advertising campaigns on audience views. He speaks Russian and German.