Subject: Editors' Picks: Open data versus dictators, and Taiwan's chances versus China
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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:28:48 -0500 (CDT)

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EDITORS' PICKS

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09/25/2018

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

Today, we look at how open-source intelligence can be used to hold power accountable, the surprising military scenarios in a hypothetical war between Taiwan and China, and why a U.N. special session on tuberculosis is likely to fail.

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1

LIVE AND LET SPY: Open-source intelligence has been key to decision-makers from World War II onward, and the introduction of social media and smartphones makes open sources ever more vital, Nick Waters writes.

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2

THE MAN FOR PYONGYANG: Newly named North Korea envoy Stephen Biegun may be the best man for an impossible job, FP’s Robbie Gramer reports.

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3

THE ARMY IS NOT ENOUGH: Chinese President Xi Jinping recently reassured the Chinese Communist Party that China could easily defeat the Taiwanese military—but Beijing shouldn’t be so sure, Tanner Greer writes.

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4

TB THREAT: A special U.N. session to address tuberculosis has little hope of impelling genuine action, FP’s Laurie Garrett writes.

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5

NEVER SAY NUCLEAR: Lassina Zerbo, head of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, still believes the treaty can work, Sharon Squassoni writes.

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