U.S. President Donald Trumps inability to effectively combat the coronavirus could ultimately doom his bid for reelection.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a new round of constitutional changes implemented in Russia could see President Vladimir Putin remain at the helm for almost two more decades.<\/p>\n
And Japan and South Korea are reeling due to the effects of the coronavirus, but they still find time to point fingers at each other.<\/p>\n
Here are Foreign Policys top weekend reads.<\/p>\n
As the coronavirus takes hold in the United States and the economy faces recession, Trumps credibility is further eroded, Foreign Policys Michael Hirsh writes.<\/p>\n
As the coronavirus spreads, a dangerous trend has followed: Government leaders and other officials are intentionally obfuscating data, suppressing information, and misinforming citizens about the outbreak, Suzanne Nossel writes.<\/p>\n
Russias political future became a little bit clearer when a series of choreographed moves in the countrys parliament set the stage for Putin to stay in his role for another 16 years, Foreign Policys Reid Standish writes.<\/p>\n
Japan and South Korea have both been hit hard by the coronavirus, but they have shown that when times get tough, they will still prioritize the most important thing: blaming each other, William Sposato writes.<\/p>\n
The ideas and practices that guided Christians through countless plagues across millennia still have relevance today, Lyman Stone writes.<\/p>\n
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