Editors’ Picks: Ukraine braces for an explosive Independence Day

Plus: It’s time to throw NATO’s door wide open [Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Editors Picks]( August 23, 2022 | [View in browser]( To read unlimited articles featured in Editors’ Picks, [subscribe today](. SPONSORED BY [GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY]( 1 [“Dangerous place.”]( the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day, the streets of Kyiv are eerily quiet as the city braces for Russian missile strikes, FP’s Jack Detsch and Mary Yang [report](. 2 [Closed door.]( was designed to be a harbor for the weak and imperiled, not an exclusive club of the rich and strong. The bloc should return to its roots, Michael Hikari Cecire [writes](. 3 [Information war.]( latest monkeypox narrative builds on a long history of Russian disinformation about U.S. bioweapons, Ivana Stradner [writes](. 4 [Taste of power.]( Europe struggles to cope with its energy crisis, the scramble for gas could reshape the continent’s balance of power, Michele Barbero [reports](. 5 [Compromised values.]( the organization that advances the LGBT Pride movement, has become an accomplice to China’s efforts to suppress Taiwanese identity, David Yu [writes](. --------------------------------------------------------------- SPONSORED [
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