Best of Web 2023

Our ten best online essays of the year. [Foreign Affairs Backstory] December 24, 2023 | [View in Browser]( The editors at Foreign Affairs have compiled our ten best web essays of 2023, on topics ranging from the war in Gaza to the geopolitics of opioids to regulating AI. Start reading—or re-reading—below, and find the full collection [here](. [Image]( [How Russians Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the War]( [The Pliant Majority Sustaining Putin’s Rule]( [By Andrei Kolesnikov](   [Image]( [Sudan and the New Age of Conflict]( [How Regional Power Politics Are Fueling Deadly Wars]( [By Comfort Ero and Richard Atwood](   Enjoying our content? Explore all we have to offer, including new issues and audio articles, with a subscription to Foreign Affairs. [Subscribe today](.   [Image]( [Why America Is Struggling to Stop the Fentanyl Epidemic]( [The New Geopolitics of Synthetic Opioids]( [By Vanda Felbab-Brown](   [Image]( [The Illusion of China’s AI Prowess]( [Regulating AI Will Not Set America Back in the Technology Race]( [By Helen Toner, Jenny Xiao, and Jeffrey Ding](   [Image]( [An Invasion of Gaza Would Be a Disaster for Israel]( [America Must Prevail on Its Ally to Step Back From the Brink]( [By Marc Lynch]( [Read the full collection]( [Link to most recent episode of The Foreign Affairs Interview]( [Link to most recent episode of The Foreign Affairs Interview](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( [Spotify]( [Reddit]( [Flipboard]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( [Spotify]( [Reddit]( [Flipboard]( © 2023 Council on Foreign Relations | 58 East 68th Street, New York NY | 10065 To ensure we can contact you, please add us to your email address book or safe list.This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Receiving too many emails? Unsubscribe and manage your email preferences [here.](