Editors’ Picks: Is Washington’s spy balloon reaction overdue or overblown?

Plus: Giorgia Meloni and Italy’s fascist past [Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Editors Picks]( February 11, 2023 | [View in browser]( To read unlimited articles featured in Editors’ Picks, [subscribe today](. 1 [Overblown?]( Chinese spy balloon was the biggest story of the week in Washington. Was there reason for concern? FP’s Emma Ashford and Matthew Kroenig [discuss](. 2 [Proud defense.]( than distancing herself from her neofascist past, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni seeks to distance her neofascist past from fascism itself, Giorgio Ghiglione [writes](. 3 [Left behind.]( October 2021, Houthi rebels began arresting local employees of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen. Eleven of them are still in prison today, Laura Kasinof [reports](. 4 [Risky distraction.]( U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing gets in the way of needed discussions, especially about nuclear arms control, Sahil Shah [writes](. 5 [What in the world?]( the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria to a major trial in Hong Kong, see if you’ve kept up with the week’s top stories with our [news quiz]( from FP’s Alexandra Sharp. --------------------------------------------------------------- [
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