Editors’ Picks: Putin’s dominoes are starting to fall

Plus: Will Xi’s paranoia defeat him? [Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Editors Picks]( October 15, 2022 | [View in browser]( To read unlimited articles featured in Editors’ Picks, [subscribe today](. SPONSORED BY [YALE UNIVERSITY]( 1 [Domino effect.]( diminished status across Eurasia will create a power vacuum that risks unsettling an already fragile status quo, Daniel B. Baer [writes](. 2 [Feeling vulnerable.]( is stronger than ever—economically, militarily, and diplomatically. So why is Chinese President Xi Jinping paranoid about the future? Susan Shirk [explains](. 3 [Turbulence ahead.]( prospect of a Russian nuclear attack against Ukraine carries a secondary risk: grounding global air traffic, FP’s Elisabeth Braw [writes](. 4 [Hopeful future?]( year’s Nobel Peace Prize understood that a Russia that does not recognize the crimes of its past is a Russia that will always pose a threat to its neighbors, Sam A. Greene [writes](. 5 [What in the world?]( North Korean missile tests to Alaskan fat bear scandals, see if you’ve kept up with the week’s top stories with our [news quiz]( from FP’s Alexandra Sharp. --------------------------------------------------------------- SPONSORED [
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