Editors' Picks: U.S. legal experts find insufficient evidence of genocide in Xinjiang

February 19, 2021 | [Read this email in your browser]( [Sponsor Logo]( SPONSORED BY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 1 [Second opinion.]( the State Department’s top lawyers agree that China’s detention of Uighurs is a crime against humanity, they do not believe it constitutes genocide—putting them at odds with the White House, FP’s Colum Lynch [reports]( 2 [Keeping secrets.]( United States can’t credibly be a proponent of nuclear nonproliferation in Iran when it remains silent about Israel’s own nuclear arsenal. It’s time for Washington to end the double standard, Victor Gilinsky and Henry Sokolski [write]( 3 [In the dark.]( Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s choice weapon of suppression is internet blackouts. Nowhere is that more evident than in Kashmir, which understood the meaning of “lockdown” well before the rest of the world, Romita Saluja [writes]( 4 [Common ground.]( President Vladimir Putin doesn’t see eye to eye on much with U.S. President Joe Biden. But both he and his American counterpart can agree that military or nuclear escalation is to be avoided, Bruce Allyn [writes](  5 [Open arms.]( by the tumult of the Trump era, much of the world is trepidatious about the new U.S. administration. That’s not the case in Latin America, which has quickly welcomed Biden, Benjamin N. Gedan [writes]( SPONSORED [A Hub of Connectivity]( A Hub of Connectivity Innovation and change are coming from collaboration across disciplines, sectors, and geographies. The new genius is a collaborative genius, and Northwestern University’s Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs is committed to fostering it. [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 © 2021 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006. [Link](