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country managed to avoid most problems suffered by dictatorships. Now Xi Jinping’s personal power play risks undermining everything that made China exceptional.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/essay/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Essay </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jonathan-tepperman/" rel="author" class="author"> Jonathan Tepperman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="a-block blog-list-layout--mobile last"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="950312"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/11/forget-the-afd-in-bavaria-green-could-be-king/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1026417800.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1026417800.jpg?w=1125&h=750&crop=0,0,0,0 1125w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1026417800.jpg?w=750&h=500&crop=0,0,0,0 750w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1026417800.jpg?w=375&h=250&crop=0,0,0,0 375w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1026417800.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1026417800.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1026417800.jpg?w=1125&h=750&crop=0,0,0,0 1125w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1026417800.jpg?w=750&h=500&crop=0,0,0,0 750w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1026417800.jpg?w=375&h=250&crop=0,0,0,0 375w" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1026417800.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" alt="Katharina Schulze, the lead candidate for the Greens, speaks at the Gillamoos folk fest in Abensberg on Sept. 3. (Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1026417800.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" alt="Katharina Schulze, the lead candidate for the Greens, speaks at the Gillamoos folk fest in Abensberg on Sept. 3. (Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/11/forget-the-afd-in-bavaria-green-could-be-king/"> <h3 class="hed">In Bavaria, Green Could Be King</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Forget the rise of the AfD. The real story in this weekend’s elections may well be the rise of the Greens, which will reshape German politics. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Argument </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/sudha-david-wilp/" rel="author" class="author"> Sudha David-Wilp</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="b-block-wrapper"> <div class="grid--flex grid__half--mobile vertical-column"> <div class="b-block"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="950468"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/15/labour-cant-escape-britains-omnishambles/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1040708230.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1040708230.jpg?w=1125&h=750&crop=0,0,0,0 1125w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1040708230.jpg?w=750&h=500&crop=0,0,0,0 750w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1040708230.jpg?w=375&h=250&crop=0,0,0,0 375w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1040708230.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1040708230.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1040708230.jpg?w=1125&h=750&crop=0,0,0,0 1125w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1040708230.jpg?w=750&h=500&crop=0,0,0,0 750w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1040708230.jpg?w=375&h=250&crop=0,0,0,0 375w" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1040708230.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" alt="Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the party's annual conference in Liverpoolon Sept. 26. (Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1040708230.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" alt="Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the party's annual conference in Liverpoolon Sept. 26. (Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/15/labour-cant-escape-britains-omnishambles/"> <h3 class="hed">Labour Can’t Escape Britain’s Omnishambles</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Deep internal divisions and looming Brexit will mire Corbyn as much as May.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Argument </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/stephen-paduano/" rel="author" class="author"> Stephen Paduano</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="b-block-last"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="950444"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/15/the-counterrevolution-is-coming-to-armenia/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-955982078-1.jpg?w=1477&h=1024&crop=0,0,0,39 1477w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-955982078-1.jpg?w=1108&h=768&crop=0,0,0,29 1108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-955982078-1.jpg?w=739&h=512&crop=0,0,0,20 739w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-955982078-1.jpg?w=369&h=256&crop=0,0,0,10 369w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-955982078-1.jpg?w=1477&h=1024&crop=0,0,0,39" srcset="" src="/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/" alt="Supporters of opposition leader and newly elected prime minister Nikol Pashinyan celebrate in the streets of Yerevan on May 8, 2018. (KAREN MINASYAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read KAREN MINASYAN/AFP/Getty Images)" style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-955982078-1.jpg?w=1477&h=1024&crop=0,0,0,39" alt="Supporters of opposition leader and newly elected prime minister Nikol Pashinyan celebrate in the streets of Yerevan on May 8, 2018. (KAREN MINASYAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read KAREN MINASYAN/AFP/Getty Images)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/15/the-counterrevolution-is-coming-to-armenia/"> <h3 class="hed">The Counterrevolution Is Coming to Armenia</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The country's new government wants to root out corruption—but the ancien régime isn't giving up without a fight.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/dispatch/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Dispatch </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/maxim-edwards/" rel="author" class="author"> Maxim Edwards</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar grid--flex grid--flow"> <div class="sidebar-big-box-ad _300"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1385072252832-0"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push( function() { googletag.display( "div-gpt-ad-1385072252832-0" ); } ); </script> </div> </div> <div class="c-block-wrapper"> <div class="grid--flex grid__half--mobile vertical-column"> <div class="c-block"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="950480"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/12/has-trump-read-his-own-counterterrorism-strategy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1017742746-2.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1017742746-2.jpg?w=1125&h=750&crop=0,0,0,0 1125w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1017742746-2.jpg?w=750&h=500&crop=0,0,0,0 750w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1017742746-2.jpg?w=375&h=250&crop=0,0,0,0 375w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1017742746-2.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" srcset="" src="/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a cabinet meeting in the White House on Aug. 16. (Oliver Contreras/Pool/Getty Images)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1017742746-2.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a cabinet meeting in the White House on Aug. 16. (Oliver Contreras/Pool/Getty Images)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/12/has-trump-read-his-own-counterterrorism-strategy/"> <h3 class="hed">Has Trump Read His Own Counterterrorism Strategy?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The president’s views don’t seem to line up with those of his team.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/shadow-government/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Shadow Government </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/stephen-tankel/" rel="author" class="author"> Stephen Tankel</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-block-last"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="950465"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/12/mapped-the-absent-ambassadors-united-states-embassy-trump-appointments/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/october_ambassadors.jpg?w=1536&h=1024&crop=0,0,0,0 1536w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/october_ambassadors.jpg?w=1152&h=768&crop=0,0,0,0 1152w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/october_ambassadors.jpg?w=768&h=512&crop=0,0,0,0 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/october_ambassadors.jpg?w=384&h=256&crop=0,0,0,0 384w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/october_ambassadors.jpg?w=1536&h=1024&crop=0,0,0,0" srcset="" src="/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/" alt="October_ambassadors" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/october_ambassadors.jpg?w=1536&h=1024&crop=0,0,0,0" alt="October_ambassadors" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/12/mapped-the-absent-ambassadors-united-states-embassy-trump-appointments/"> <h3 class="hed">Mapped: The Absent Ambassadors</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Khashoggi ordeal spotlights staffing gap at embassies around the world.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/feature/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Feature </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elizabeth-miles/" rel="author" class="author"> Elizabeth Miles</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="home-region-2"> <div class="d-block-wrapper grid--flex blog-list-layout--mobile"> <div class="d-block-0"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="950521"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/15/indonesias-indigenous-languages-hold-the-secrets-of-surviving-disaster/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047953854.jpg?w=1600&h=1000&crop=0,0,100,0 1600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047953854.jpg?w=1200&h=750&crop=0,0,75,0 1200w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047953854.jpg?w=800&h=500&crop=0,0,50,0 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047953854.jpg?w=400&h=250&crop=0,0,25,0 400w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047953854.jpg?w=1600&h=1000&crop=0,0,100,0" srcset="" src="/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/" alt="PALU, INDONESIA - OCTOBER 09: Children read the Quran at a temporary shelter after the tsunami and earthquake on October 9, 2018 in Palu, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047953854.jpg?w=1600&h=1000&crop=0,0,100,0" alt="PALU, INDONESIA - OCTOBER 09: Children read the Quran at a temporary shelter after the tsunami and earthquake on October 9, 2018 in Palu, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/15/indonesias-indigenous-languages-hold-the-secrets-of-surviving-disaster/"> <h3 class="hed">Indonesia’s Indigenous Languages Hold the Secrets of Surviving Disaster</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Introducing hard-learnt local wisdom into warning efforts could save thousands of lives.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/dispatch/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Dispatch </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/stanley-widianto/" rel="author" class="author"> Stanley Widianto</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="d-block-1"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="950474"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/12/erdogan-frees-u-s-pastor-while-still-managing-to-embarrass-trump/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1051984142.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1051984142.jpg?w=1125&h=750&crop=0,0,0,0 1125w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1051984142.jpg?w=750&h=500&crop=0,0,0,0 750w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1051984142.jpg?w=375&h=250&crop=0,0,0,0 375w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1051984142.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" srcset="" src="/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/" alt="U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson arrives at Adnan Menderes Airport ahead of his departure from Turkey in Izmir on Oct. 12. (Omer Sut/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1051984142.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" alt="U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson arrives at Adnan Menderes Airport ahead of his departure from Turkey in Izmir on Oct. 12. (Omer Sut/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/12/erdogan-frees-u-s-pastor-while-still-managing-to-embarrass-trump/"> <h3 class="hed">Erdogan Frees U.S. Pastor While Still Managing to Embarrass Trump</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Turkey’s leaks in the Khashoggi case have put the U.S. president in a tight spot. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michael-hirsh/" rel="author" class="author"> Michael Hirsh</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="d-block-2"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="950306"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/11/stealth-fighter-jet-grounded-globally-after-first-ever-crash/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/4632679.jpg?w=1500&h=983&crop=0,0,25,0 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/4632679.jpg?w=1125&h=737&crop=0,0,19,0 1125w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/4632679.jpg?w=750&h=492&crop=0,0,13,0 750w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/4632679.jpg?w=375&h=246&crop=0,0,6,0 375w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/4632679.jpg?w=1500&h=983&crop=0,0,25,0" srcset="" src="/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/" alt="A Royal Australian Air Force airman walks on the wing of an F-35A Lightning II at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona on Aug. 6. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/4632679.jpg?w=1500&h=983&crop=0,0,25,0" alt="A Royal Australian Air Force airman walks on the wing of an F-35A Lightning II at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona on Aug. 6. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/11/stealth-fighter-jet-grounded-globally-after-first-ever-crash/"> <h3 class="hed">Stealth Fighter Jet Grounded Globally After First-Ever Crash</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The news will make it harder for the Pentagon to improve flight availability of key tactical aircraft.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="d-block-3"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="950265"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/10/corruption-when-killing-the-messenger-becomes-the-norm-bulgaria-journalist-viktoria-marinova/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047674096-e1539194326829.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047674096-e1539194326829.jpg?w=1125&h=750&crop=0,0,0,0 1125w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047674096-e1539194326829.jpg?w=750&h=500&crop=0,0,0,0 750w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047674096-e1539194326829.jpg?w=375&h=250&crop=0,0,0,0 375w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047674096-e1539194326829.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" srcset="" src="/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/" alt="Bulgarians light candles during a vigil in memory of Bulgarian television journalist Viktoria Marinova in the city of Ruse on Oct. 8. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff /AFP/Getty Images)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047674096-e1539194326829.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" alt="Bulgarians light candles during a vigil in memory of Bulgarian television journalist Viktoria Marinova in the city of Ruse on Oct. 8. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff /AFP/Getty Images)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/10/corruption-when-killing-the-messenger-becomes-the-norm-bulgaria-journalist-viktoria-marinova/"> <h3 class="hed">When Killing the Messenger Becomes the Norm</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">More journalists are assassinated than die in war zones. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" rel="author" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="home-ad-region-1 _970"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1384802961640-4"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push( function() { googletag.display( "div-gpt-ad-1384802961640-4" ); } ); </script> </div> </div><div class="home-ad-region-1 _728"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1384802961640-2"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push( function() { googletag.display( "div-gpt-ad-1384802961640-2" ); } ); </script> </div> </div><div class="home-ad-region-1 _300"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1384802961640-0"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push( function() { googletag.display( "div-gpt-ad-1384802961640-0" ); } ); </script> </div> </div> <div class="home-region-3 grid--flex"> <div class="e-block-wrapper grid--flex grid--flow"> <h2 class="title">Voices</h2> <div class="grid__third blog-list-layout--mobile"> <div class="e-block-0"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="950173"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/09/jamal-khashoggis-disappearance-is-even-stranger-than-it-seems/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047945316.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047945316.jpg?w=1125&h=750&crop=0,0,0,0 1125w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047945316.jpg?w=750&h=500&crop=0,0,0,0 750w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047945316.jpg?w=375&h=250&crop=0,0,0,0 375w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047945316.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" srcset="" src="/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/" alt="A police officer enters the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul, Turkey, as the search continues for Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist who has been missing since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. (Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1047945316.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" alt="A police officer enters the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul, Turkey, as the search continues for Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist who has been missing since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. (Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/09/jamal-khashoggis-disappearance-is-even-stranger-than-it-seems/"> <h3 class="hed">Jamal Khashoggi’s Disappearance Is Even Stranger Than It Seems</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Saudi journalist is presumed dead, but we may never know what happened to him.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/voice/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Voice </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/steven-a-cook/" rel="author" class="author"> Steven A. Cook</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="e-block-1"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="949787"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/03/the-problem-isnt-fake-news-from-russia-its-us/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1038063180.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1038063180.jpg?w=1125&h=750&crop=0,0,0,0 1125w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1038063180.jpg?w=750&h=500&crop=0,0,0,0 750w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1038063180.jpg?w=375&h=250&crop=0,0,0,0 375w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1038063180.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" srcset="" src="/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/" alt="An ice sculpture by the artistic duo Ligorano/Reese spells out the word “truth” in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 22. (Olivia Hampton/AFP/Getty Images)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-1038063180.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" alt="An ice sculpture by the artistic duo Ligorano/Reese spells out the word “truth” in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 22. (Olivia Hampton/AFP/Getty Images)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/03/the-problem-isnt-fake-news-from-russia-its-us/"> <h3 class="hed">The Problem Isn’t Fake News From Russia. It’s Us.</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Propaganda has long affected elections around the world because publics have an appetite for it.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/voice/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Voice </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/micah-zenko/" rel="author" class="author"> Micah Zenko</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="e-block-2"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="949582"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/02/what-sort-of-world-are-we-headed-for/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-926385732.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-926385732.jpg?w=1125&h=750&crop=0,0,0,0 1125w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-926385732.jpg?w=750&h=500&crop=0,0,0,0 750w, https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-926385732.jpg?w=375&h=250&crop=0,0,0,0 375w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-926385732.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" srcset="" src="/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/" alt="U.S. flags flutter in strong wind in front of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on March 2. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524im_/https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/gettyimages-926385732.jpg?w=1500&h=1000&crop=0,0,0,0" alt="U.S. flags flutter in strong wind in front of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on March 2. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/02/what-sort-of-world-are-we-headed-for/"> <h3 class="hed">What Sort of World Are We Headed for?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The liberal world order never really existed. Great-power politics are here to stay.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/voice/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Voice </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181015122524/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/stephen-m-walt/" rel="author" class="author"> Stephen M. 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