Subject: Editors' Picks: South America's open doors, and Jordan's dangerous double game
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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:39:49 -0500 (CDT)

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EDITORS' PICKS

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08/23/2018

Welcome to Editors’ Picks, FP’s daily round-up.

Today we look at how Venezuela’s neighbors are reacting to the country’s mass exodus, how U.S. President Donald Trump’s Afghanistan policy is playing out one year on, and the Russian teen who went on trial for her texts.

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SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY: Latin America stands out for its openness in a world that is increasingly closing its doors, Benjamin N. Gedan and Nicolás Saldías write.

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NEW GREATNESS: In Russia, a young woman, a stuffed unicorn, and a group chat are testing President Vladimir Putin, Daria Litvinova reports.

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A DANGEROUS GAME: Jordan has painted itself into a corner by urging self-reliance at home and demanding aid from abroad at the same time, Aaron Magid writes.

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LITTLE TO SHOW: One year after Trump announced a new strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan, the United States appears to be no closer to stabilizing the country and quelling the Taliban insurgency, FP’s Lara Seligman reports.

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DUMB AND DUMBER: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used to rely on Turkey’s best and brightest—until he replaced them with its worst and dimmest, Durmus Yilmaz and Selim Sazak write.
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