Subject: Editors' Picks: Life after Abdullah in Saudi Arabia; and how the Houthis took Yemen
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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 17:49:18 -0500 (EST)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Friday, January 23

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#1 
HEAVY LIES THE CROWN: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia spent his life trying to keep the Middle East stable. But his successor is now left tending to crises that threaten to overwhelm the oil-rich kingdom. FP contributor Elizabeth Dickinson reports: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c727f1i.46j8/VMLLpcPoPwHuwkVkAfbd8 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c727f1i.46j8/VMLLpcPoPwHuwkVfA9186>

#2
HOUTHIS ON THE STORM: Regional rivalries and a botched post-Arab Spring political transition paved the way from the Houthis' north Yemen base to the doors of the presidential palace: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c727f1i.46j8/VMLLpcPoPwHuwkVlAe855 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c727f1i.46j8/VMLLpcPoPwHuwkVgA29fc>

#3
PUBLISH AND PERISH: The Taliban is targeting journalists as part of an ongoing insurgency against the government. But militants are not the only threat to media freedom in Afghanistan: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c727f1i.46j8/VMLLpcPoPwHuwkVmA531a 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c727f1i.46j8/VMLLpcPoPwHuwkVhAad8f>

#4
REMODELING THE HOUSE OF SAUD: King Abdullah angered ultraconservatives and progressives alike by pushing for modest reforms. Will his successor continue to slowly open Saudi society? <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c727f1i.46j8/VMLLpcPoPwHuwkVnAa1fb 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c727f1i.46j8/VMLLpcPoPwHuwkViA88f1>

#5
TEENAGE WASTELAND: The future of Egypt may depend on President Sisi's ability to fix the country's broken education system. Democracy Lab contributor Sarah El-Shaarawi reports from Cairo: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c727f1i.46j8/VMLLpcPoPwHuwkVoA08fe 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c727f1i.46j8/VMLLpcPoPwHuwkVjA3ecb>

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