Subject: Editors' Picks: Why civilians are leaving the U.S. Defense Department, and how Russia's "slapping law" hurts women
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Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:11:34 -0600 (CST)

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EDITORS' PICKS

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11/15/2018

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

Today, we look at the fraught response facing interfaith marriages in Israel, why civilian control of the U.S. Department of Defense is withering, and why a meme bought a feminist blogger jail time in Russia.

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WHEN LUCY MET TZACHI: The recent wedding of two Israeli celebrities—one Muslim, one Jewish—sparked a flare-up over interfaith marriage in Israel, where civil marriages are not permitted, Allison Kaplan Sommer writes.

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EXODUS: Civilian numbers are dwindling among key positions in the Department of Defense, FP’s Lara Seligman reports.

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WAR ON WOMEN: A 2017 Russian law decriminalizing domestic violence has exacerbated an already-dire rate of abuse of women, Anna Denejkina writes.

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THE NOTEBOOK SCANDAL: To come to terms with high levels of public corruption, Argentina needs to fix its plea bargain system to gain more cooperating witnesses, Benjamin N. Gedan and Daniel R. Alonso write.

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AGENDA AT ASEAN: At the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit this week, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has a chance to put forward a vision for cooperation, Patrick M. Cronin writes for FP’s Elephants in the Room.

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