Flash Points: China's great leap backward, and how indigenous heritage can save lives from tsunamis

China’s Great Leap Backward If you have problems viewing this email, [view it in a browser.]( Please feel free to [forward it to a friend](. [Foreign Policy]( FLASH POINTS Highlights from [Foreign Policy]( [SUBSCRIBE TO FP]( Follow Us: 10/17/2018 [China’s Great Leap Backward]( [China’s Great Leap Backward]( by Jonathan Tepperman For decades, the country managed to avoid most problems suffered by dictatorships. Now Xi Jinping’s personal power play risks undermining everything that made China exceptional. [MORE]( [Indonesia’s Indigenous Languages Hold the Secrets of Surviving Disaster](#) Dispatch [Indonesia’s Indigenous Languages Hold the Secrets of Surviving Disaster]( by Stanley Widianto Introducing hard-learned local wisdom into warning efforts could save thousands of lives. [MORE]( [Who Will Replace Mattis?]( Report [Who Will Replace Mattis?]( by Lara Seligman Trump signals in an interview that his defense secretary might be out. [MORE]( [Erdogan Frees U.S. Pastor While Still Managing to Embarrass Trump]( Report [Erdogan Frees U.S. Pastor While Still Managing to Embarrass Trump]( by Michael Hirsh Turkey’s leaks in the Khashoggi case have put the U.S. president in a tight spot. [MORE]( [Tunisia Just Lost Its Anchor of Stability. That’s a Good Thing.]( Argument [Tunisia Just Lost Its Anchor of Stability. That’s a Good Thing.]( by Sharan Grewal The country's secular and Islamist parties have been governing by consensus for years—and strangling democracy in the process. [MORE]( [Voices] VOICES [This Is America's Middle East Strategy on Steroids]( Stephen M. Walt [Jamal Khashoggi's Disappearance Is Even Stranger Than It Seems]( Steven A. Cook [What Sort of World Are We Headed for?]( Stephen M. Walt [You Can’t Treat Tuberculosis With Platitudes]( Laurie Garrett ['Your Mission Is to Keep All This From Collapsing Into Nuclear Hellfire']( Jeffrey Lewis [The Problem Isn’t Fake News From Russia. It’s Us.]( Micah Zenko [GALLERIES] GALLERIES [The World in Photos This Week]( by FP Staff [The World in Photos This Week]( [The World in Photos This Week]( by FP Staff [The World in Photos This Week]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} by fp@foreignpolicy.com. [UPDATE PROFILE]( [UNSUBSCRIBE]( [PRIVACY POLICY]( [ADVERTISE](mailto:advertise@foreignpolicy.com) [GROUP SALES AND LICENSING](mailto:licensing@foreignpolicy.com) Foreign Policy Magazine is published by the FP Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents ©2018 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 11 DUPONT CIRCLE NW, SUITE 600, WASHINGTON DC 20036