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The editors at Foreign Affairs have compiled our ten best web essays of 2023, on topics ranging from the war in Gaza to the geopolitics of opioids to regulating AI. Start reading—or re-reading—below, and find the full collection here.
How Russians Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the War
The Pliant Majority Sustaining Putin’s Rule
By Andrei Kolesnikov
Sudan and the New Age of Conflict
How Regional Power Politics Are Fueling Deadly Wars
By Comfort Ero and Richard Atwood
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Why America Is Struggling to Stop the Fentanyl Epidemic
The New Geopolitics of Synthetic Opioids
By Vanda Felbab-Brown
The Illusion of China’s AI Prowess
Regulating AI Will Not Set America Back in the Technology Race
By Helen Toner, Jenny Xiao, and Jeffrey Ding
An Invasion of Gaza Would Be a Disaster for Israel
America Must Prevail on Its Ally to Step Back From the Brink
By Marc Lynch
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