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Volume 428 Number 9103

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Contents

1

Germany sulksExcessive

pessimism has become the

country’s biggest threat:

Charlemagne page 27

On the cover

The world is losing the war

against climate change:

leader page 7. India shows

how hard it is to move beyond

fossil fuels towards a

renewable future page 16. In

America some Republicans

are inchingtowards action on

global warming page 29.

Software can model how a

wildfire will spread—and how

to stop it happening page 64.

Russia’s nuclear ambitions

page 24

5 The world this week

Leaders

7 Global warming

In the line of fire

8 Euro-zone austerity

Climbing the Greece-y pole

8 The Horn of Africa

Making Eritrea less

horrible

10 Brexit

No ordinary deal

12 Philosophy brief

The brains trust

Letters

13 On Brexit the Helsinki

summit Spain cinema

Foucault

Briefing

16 Indian energy

The black hole of coal

Britain

19 Brexit with no deal

Ready or not

20 Stockpiling

Prepping for Brexit

21 The Lib Dems

Entryist dads

21 The right to die

An end to proceedings

22 Slavery

Of manacles and manicures

23 Espionage and business

Tinker techie startup spy

Europe

24 Russia and nuclear power

The global supplier

25 Turkey v America

Erdogan’s hostages

26 Ukrainian politics

The dark operetta

26 Biochips and Swedes

Bjorn Cyborg

27 Charlemagne

Cheer up Deutschland

United States

28 The Democrats

Splitting the difference

29 Climate politics

A slow thaw

30 Lipizzans

Dancing horses

30 The GDP figures

Growing pains

31 Defence spending

Pushing the boat out

32 Lexington

A small win in Afghanistan

The Americas

33 Brazilian banks

In the doldrums full sails

34 Argentina’s beef exports

Bull market

34 Cannabis in Canada

The high street

35 Bello

Judging the judges

Middle East and Africa

36 Eritrea

Unlock the desert gulag?

37 Zimbabwe’s elections

A bloody ballot

38 Syria’s refugees

The long road back

38 Churches in Saudi Arabia

Rethinking the ban

39 Debtors’ prisons in Gaza

From bankrupt to banged up

Asia

40 Pakistani politics

Aman no plan Imran

41 Citizenship in India

Assamese if you please

41 Rebellion in the

Philippines

Murder in Mindanao

42 Seoul’s mayor

Fan fare for a common man

43 Banyan

Japan’s work habits

GreeceAs it emerges from

crisis it still has a daunting

path ahead: leader page 8.

The economy is at last

expanding again but the

crisis has caused lasting

damage page 57

EritreaPeace gives the North

Korea of Africa a chance to

open up: leader page 8.

A repressive dictatorship

ponders reform page 36