Editors’ Picks: Remembering Elizabeth II, a queen for the ages

Plus: Reflecting on a pillar of stability in tumultuous times [Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Editors Picks]( September 08, 2022 | [View in browser]( To read unlimited articles featured in Editors’ Picks, [subscribe today](. SPONSORED BY [THE FLETCHER SCHOOL AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY]( 1 [Mourning a monarch.]( tragedy and tumult, British Queen Elizabeth II was a model of constancy. Her death has important repercussions for the future of the United Kingdom, Robin Oakley [writes](. 2 [Next in line.]( succeeded in preserving the monarchy’s popularity despite tumultuous times. Whether her successor can do the same is yet unclear, Owen Matthews [writes](. 3 [Southern front.]( long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive attempts to expel Russian invaders from the southern city of Kherson, Liz Cookman [reports](. 4 [Gearing up?]( U.S. response to war in Ukraine has been impressive in both scale and speed. But it’s not a model for a similar intervention in Taiwan, Blake Herzinger [writes](. 5 [Safe bet.]( forceful response to the war in Ukraine shows that European Union countries should continue to bet on the trans-Atlantic bond, Bart M. J. Szewczyk [writes](. --------------------------------------------------------------- SPONSORED [
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