Subject: Editors' Picks: Farewell to Kofi Annan, and Erik Prince prepares to privatize the war in Afghanistan
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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:48:03 -0500 (CDT)

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08/20/2018

Today, we look at the legacy of Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the rise and fall of soft power, and the possibility of a private war in Afghanistan.

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DEATH OF A DIPLOMAT: Kofi Annan was the epitome of international diplomacy—which is why he was both an inspiration and a disappointment, FP's James Traub writes.
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UP TO THE TUSK: European Council President Donald Tusk is the head of a mild-mannered EU institution—and the West’s loudest voice against populism, Remi Adekoya writes.
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JOE NYE THE SOFT POWER GUY: Nearly three decades ago, American political scientist and former Clinton administration official Joseph Nye put forth an idea in the pages of Foreign Policy. He called it soft power, a concept that caught fire and went on to define the post-Cold War era. The idea has lost relevance—but China could bring it back, Eric X. Li writes.

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Prince's Proposal: Catch up on everything you need to know about U.S. President Donald Trump’s $92 million military parade, the Blackwater founder’s plan to privatize the war in Afghanistan, and North Korea’s demands for a declaration to end the Korean War in this week's security brief, by FP's Lara Seligman and Elias Groll.
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CLEARANCE QUESTIONS: Trump has escalates his feud with former CIA Chief John Brennan, FP's Lara Seligman writes.
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