Editors’ Picks: Your fix for Israel-Palestine won’t work

[Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Flashpoints]( May 26, 2021 | [View in browser]( SPONSORED BY [THE JOSEF KORBEL SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER]( 1 [Not so simple.]( is easy to drum up a host of possible legal and political solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But none of them account for the intractable identitarian questions at its core, FP’s Steven A. Cook [writes]( 2 [COVID-19 crisis.]( much of the pandemic, Southeast Asian countries were heralded for their swift and effective public health response. But one year in, things are spinning out of control, Nathan Thompson [reports]( 3 [Balancing act.](. President Joe Biden is set to have his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in June. The White House is caught between going too hard and too soft on the autocratic leader, FP’s Amy Mackinnon [reports]( 4 [Hindutva’s harm.]( nationalism and anti-Muslim sentiment are on the rise in India, egged on by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hindus must realize that Islamophobia hurts them, too, Sunita Viswanath [writes](. 5 [Ditching the dictator.]( Union leaders feel they have exhausted their options in dealing with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko. But Brussels can still offer the country’s citizens a way out, Natalia Antonova [writes](. SPONSORED [Transformative Solutions to Global Challenges]( Transformative Solutions to Global Challenges At the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, we are taking on the great challenges of our time through scholarship, teaching, and public engagement globally and locally. Together, we strive to create a more equitable, safer, democratic, and sustainable world. [Join us](. FOLLOW FP ON This email was sent to {EMAIL} because you are subscribed to FP’s Editors' Picks newsletter. Want a friend to receive this newsletter? [Forward it]( now. Want to receive other FP newsletters? [Manage]( your FP newsletter preferences. [unsubscribe]( | [privacy policy]( | [contact us]( | [advertise]( Foreign Policy magazine is a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents © 2021 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006. [Link](