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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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