Editors' Picks: COVID-19 might not change the world

[Read this email in your browser]( October 09, 2020 [Sponsor Logo]( SPONSORED BY THE MAXWELL SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 1 [Myth-buster.]( polling suggests COVID-19 has actually emboldened democracies and hampered China’s rise, rather than the other way around, Joseph S. Nye Jr. [writes](. 2 [Landlocked.]( Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly undermined treaties with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. Now his country’s fate rests in Russia’s hands, Robert M. Cutler [writes](. 3 [Comedy of errors.]( Iannucci, the creator of Veep, is glad he doesn’t have to write a comedy show about Washington in the year 2020, he tells FP’s Amy Mackinnon in an [interview]( 4 [Vital accountability.]( Sen. Mike Lee raised eyebrows on Wednesday when he suggested that the United States shouldn’t be a democracy. That’s a dangerous claim, Malka Older [writes]( 5 [Living in fear.]( against Nigeria’s Christians has spiked under President Muhammadu Buhari, but U.S. President Donald Trump’s ostensible support for the persecuted has yet to materialize, Patrick Egwu [reports]( SPONSORED [ A Powerful Partnership]( A Powerful Partnership For experienced professionals focused on global policy, no program is more powerful for rapid career advancement than the Executive Master of International Relations from Syracuse University. This flexible degree is offered in Washington, D.C., by the #1-ranked school of public affairs and the #1-ranked think tank in the United States. [Learn more](. 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 © 2020 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006. [Link](