Subject: Editors' Picks: Maduro's staying power, and why the U.S. is set to fly armed drones out of remote base in Niger
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 16:56:40 -0500 (CDT)

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EDITORS' PICKS

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09/04/2018

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

Today we look at why the United States is planning to start flying armed drones from a remote base in Niger, why crisis could be keeping the Venezuelan government in power, and why the Trump administration will regret looking for simple solutions to territorial disputes in the Balkans.

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ARMED IN AGADEZ: The United States will begin operating armed drones out of Niger in the coming months as part of an ongoing shadow war against Islamist militants in Africa, FP’s Lara Seligman writes.

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EMERGENCY POWERS: Perhaps counterintuitively, scarcity and economic meltdown in Venezuela seem to favor President Nicolás Maduro's regime more than the opposition, Frank O. Mora writes.

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NEW MAN IN TEHRAN: Iran’s course is increasingly being set by a shadowy figure behind the scenes—not the leaders who talk to the West, Rohollah Faghihi writes.

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SPECTER OF SUCCESSION: Statements by U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton have opened up space for Serbia and Kosovo to discuss territorial divisions, and it's a conversation that could alter or ignite conflict, rather than extinguish it, Edward P. Joseph writes.

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NEGLECTING NARENDRA: India could be the biggest U.S. ally in Asia, but the Trump administration is botching its chance, Tim Roemer writes.

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