Subject: Editors' Picks: The foreign policy implications of tonight's State of the Union
From: "Foreign Policy" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:22:39 -0500 (EST)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Tuesday, January 20

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#1 
STATE OF THE UNION GUIDE: The rising Islamic State and revanchist Russia mean that Obama’s second-to-last State of the Union will be one of his most challenging. Here’s a quick walkthrough for tonight's speech: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c726zcf.3u5w/VL7ZCMPoxbM7w3z8Ad94c target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c726zcf.3u5w/VL7ZCMPoxbM7w3z3A5ba8>

#2
MISSION UNACCOMPLISHED: Obama would prefer not to talk about Iraq and Syria at tonight’s State of the Union address. But the Islamic State's gains mean he’ll have to: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c726zcf.3u5w/VL7ZCMPoxbM7w3z9A670b target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c726zcf.3u5w/VL7ZCMPoxbM7w3z4A49fd>

#3
THE PRE-BUTTAL: With two years remaining, Obama is thinking about his place in the history books. But is the president’s foreign policy legacy anything worth crowing about? <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c726zcf.3u5w/VL7ZCMPoxbM7w3z-Aea60 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>: 
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c726zcf.3u5w/VL7ZCMPoxbM7w3z5A4ade>

#4
FROM SQUEAL TO APPEAL: Joni Ernst, the Senate's first female combat veteran, will deliver the GOP rebuttal to the State of the Union. ​But as someone best known for a pig castration video, can she deliver an effective foreign policy critique? <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c726zcf.3u5w/VL7ZCMPoxbM7w3z_Acfc2 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c726zcf.3u5w/VL7ZCMPoxbM7w3z6Af471>

#5
A HOUSE DIVIDED: Obama has a wishlist of foreign policy priorities, but the GOP-controlled Congress is against him. Is American public opinion too?: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c726zcf.3u5w/VL7ZCMPoxbM7w30AA2557 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c726zcf.3u5w/VL7ZCMPoxbM7w3z7A04ab>

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