Editors’ Picks: The fatal flaw in the West’s fight against autocracy

Plus: Malcolm Turnbull on why AUKUS is a “very big mistake” [Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Flashpoints]( October 06, 2021 | [View in browser]( SPONSORED BY [NOTRE DAME'S KEOUGH SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS]( 1 [Fatal flaw.]( Pandora Papers have revealed the critical role that major Western countries play in allowing autocratic regimes to thrive, despite their supposed fight against dictatorship, Casey Michel [writes](. 2 [“Reprehensible” deal.]( Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is one of the harshest critics of AUKUS. In an [interview]( with FP’s Jack Detsch, he discussed why the deal is a “very big mistake.” 3 [Taliban talks.]( has emerged as a pivotal intermediary in the wake of the Afghan crisis. The Qatari assistant foreign minister discussed engagement with the Taliban in an [interview]( with FP’s Amy Mackinnon and Zinya Salfiti. 4 [Economic warfare.]( is following a well-worn playbook of economic coercion that is becoming easier to read—and increasingly ineffective, Pratik Jakhar [writes](. 5 [The last Arab Christians.]( purging of the Christian community in Gaza is part of a broader vanishing of Christians from the Middle East, FP’s Janine di Giovanni writes in an [excerpt]( from her new book. SPONSORED [
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