Editors' Picks: Boris Johnson throws a brick through Parliament’s window

[Read this email in your browser]( August 28, 2019 1 [Worry in Westminster.]( proroguing Parliament at a crucial moment, Britain’s prime minister is following in the footsteps of King Charles I. The result won’t be as bloody, but it will do violence to the country’s democratic institutions, Garvan Walshe [writes](. 2 [Far-right fallout.]( weekend’s elections in Germany could accelerate German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s departure from politics, Jörn Fleck and Alex Pieter Baker [write](. 3 [Urgent crossings.]( who are unable to get HIV medication at home in a devastated health care system are flowing into Colombia, Patrick Ammerman [writes]( from Cúcuta. 4 [Finnishing greenhouse gas emissions.]( does a green foreign policy look like? FP’s Colum Lynch [asked]( Finland’s Pekka Haavisto, the world’s only currently serving Green foreign minister. 5 [Keeping equality on the agenda.]( the United States takes up leadership of the group of leading industrial nations next year, there’s one aspect of the French playbook it should follow: recognizing the importance of gender equality to the G-7 agenda, Jamille Bigio and Rachel Vogelstein [write](. For news and analysis on the world’s most populous and fastest-growing regions, [sign up]( for FP’s new weekly newsletters: South Asia Brief, delivered on Tuesdays, and China Brief, delivered on Wednesdays. SPONSORED [FP APP RELAUNCH]( FP APP RELAUNCH The redesigned Foreign Policy app helps you stay up to date on global current events, even when you’re on the go. Use news alerts and filters to get breaking news and timely expert analysis on the topics that matter to you. Favorite articles to save them for later or to read offline. [Subscribe to FP to access the app and install now on your iOS or Android device.]( FOLLOW FP ON This email was sent to {EMAIL} because you are subscribed to FP’s Editors' Picks newsletter. Want a friend to receive this newsletter? [Forward it]( now. Want to receive other FP newsletters? [Manage]( your FP newsletter preferences. [unsubscribe]( | [privacy policy]( | [contact us]( | [advertise]( Foreign Policy magazine is a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents © 2019 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006.