FP Editors' Piicks - June 28, 2024

 

JUNE 28, 2024  |  VIEW IN BROWSER  |  SUBSCRIBE Sponsored by Can We End Epidemics? People watch a live television debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, in Chicago on June 27. Scott Olson/Getty Images 1 How the World Is Reacting to the U.S. Presidential Debate  Biden’s subpar performance is making many of Washington’s allies nervous. By Ravi Agrawal 2 What Will Elections in France, Iran, and the U.K. Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy? As more countries prepare to go to the polls, Julian Assange is freed and Vladimir Putin cozies up to Kim Jong Un. By Emma Ashford, Matthew Kroenig 3 Is It too Late to Replace a Presidential Candidate? Not according to other democracies around the world. By Jack Detsch, Christina Lu 4 How Kenya’s President Broke the Social Contract Faced with economic crisis and mass protests, Washington’s newest non-NATO ally has turned to brutal repression at home. By Binaifer Nowrojee 5 Why Are French Jews Supporting the Far Right? Prominent Jewish figures are publicly entertaining what was once considered unthinkable: voting for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. By Robert Zaretsky SPONSORED A New Podcast from ViiV Healthcare Is it possible to end HIV and global health epidemics as public health threats by 2030? Find out on Can We End Epidemics?, a podcast series by the global biopharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare in association with its biopharma majority shareholder GSK and developed by FP Studios. Listen now. Biden-Trump Debate The first presidential debate of 2024 is on 6/27. Leslie Vinjamuri, the director of the U.S. and Americas program at Chatham House, and Gideon Rachman, the chief foreign affairs commentator at the Financial Times, will join FP Live on 6/28 to discuss foreign-policy takeaways. REGISTER