Editors’ Picks: Ukrainians brace for the worst around Zaporizhzhia

Plus: Boris Johnson leaves behind a toxic legacy in Scotland [Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Editors Picks]( August 19, 2022 | [View in browser]( To read unlimited articles featured in Editors’ Picks, [subscribe today](. 1 [Nuclear fears.]( Ukraine, concerns that Russia could stage a catastrophic accident at the Zaporizhzhia power plant have stirred terrifying memories of Chernobyl, Liz Cookman [reports](. 2 [Toxic legacy.]( Johnson’s premiership may be over, but the Scotland problem facing the U.K. Conservative Party isn’t going anywhere, Jamie Maxwell [writes](. 3 [Wrong priorities.]( world is asking the wrong questions about war over Taiwan. The focus should be on how to prevent a conflict in the first place, FP’s Howard W. French [writes](. 4 [Security crisis.]( security situation is already perilous. A new nearly $1 billion U.S. arms sale to the Nigerian Armed Forces will fuel more violence, Charles Kwuelum and Iyabo Obasanjo [write](. 5 [Compromised values.]( the organization that advances the LGBT Pride movement, has become an accomplice to China’s campaign to suppress Taiwanese identity, David Yu [writes](. --------------------------------------------------------------- [
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