Editors’ Picks: Killer robots are here—and we need to regulate them

Plus: The Australian election and the mining fortunes shaping it [Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Editors Picks]( May 11, 2022 | [View in browser]( To read unlimited articles featured in Editors’ Picks, [subscribe today](. 1 [Regulating robots.]( robots are no longer the stuff of science fiction—and once their technologies spread, they will be hard to control, Robert F. Trager and Laura M. Luca [write](. 2 [Aussie election.]( Australia, two wealthy men with mining fortunes are hoping that spending big will rattle the country’s political establishment, Maddison Connaughton [writes](. 3 [Cash for a jab.]( local Chinese governments lead a push for mandatory vaccination quotas, some of the elderly are demanding monetary compensation, Tracy Wen Liu [reports](. 4 [“Inconvenient friend.”]( defense secretary believes China is increasingly embarrassed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, underlining a growing split in the relationship between Beijing and Moscow, FP’s Jack Detsch [reports](. 5 [Ticking time bomb.]( the coast of Yemen, an abandoned oil tanker is on the verge of collapse. It could cause one of the worst ocean oil spills in history, FP’s Christina Lu and Robbie Gramer [report](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Official development assistance only covers 6% of least developed countries’ (LDCs) $2.5 trillion funding gap—and COVID-19 has only made things worse, especially for women. In the [new report]( from FP Analytics, supported by Microsoft, explore how and why innovative blended finance models could be the key for unlocking the investments LDCs need to grow and thrive. [Learn more](. --------------------------------------------------------------- With unlimited access to new reports, arguments, and analysis every month, you’ll never run out of opportunities to expand your perspective and challenge your assumptions. [Join now for 20% off.]( 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 © 2022 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006. [Link](