Editors’ Picks: The new Hermit Kingdom

[Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Flashpoints]( May 11, 2021 | [View in browser]( SPONSORED BY [NOTRE DAME'S KEOUGH SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS]( 1 [Hermit Kingdom.]( has made it prohibitively difficult for anyone, including its own citizens, to travel to the country during the pandemic. The only state that has shut its borders more firmly is North Korea, FP’s Amelia Lester [writes]( 2 [British monopoly.]( United Nations will appoint Martin Griffiths, currently U.N. special envoy to Yemen, as the organization’s humanitarian relief czar. Griffiths will be the fifth consecutive Briton in the role, FP’s Colum Lynch [reports]( 3 [Industrial 180.]( weeks ago, Europe’s vaccine rollout was infamously sluggish. Once Brussels regained oversight of its supply chains, things turned around, FP’s Caroline de Gruyter [writes]( 4 [Key partnership.](. President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office made clear that the United States is intent on strengthening its relationship with India, Aman Thakker [writes](. 5 [Aggressive stance.]( United Kingdom has dispatched the HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Indo-Pacific in an apparent attempt to take on China, Michael Auslin [writes](. SPONSORED [
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