The Economist - USA (2020-02-15)

TheEconomistFebruary 15th 2020 41 1 E ven afternearly a decade of carnage, Syria’s civil war still manages to shock. More than 7 ...

42 Middle East & Africa The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 2 1 Failing that, with one belligerent (like Mr Assad) on a roll, th ...

The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 Middle East & Africa 43 2 Elections promised in 2003 never took place.AlJazeera“isfreetocrit ...

44 Middle East & Africa The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 F or more than a decade, Omar al-Bashir gaily thumbed his nose at th ...

TheEconomistFebruary 15th 2020 45 1 F oreign newsreadersmight have cele- brated. But otherwise there was little to cheer when An ...

46 Europe The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 2 resign, probably triggering an election. But this is unlikely in stability-obsessed ...

The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 Europe 47 T hefrenchforeignminister,Jean- YvesLeDrian,isa manoffewwords andmanyairmiles.Whenhedo ...

48 Europe The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 F or much ofthe past decade, if you asked a Eurocrat: “What’s on your mind?”, the resp ...

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50 TheEconomistFebruary 15th 2020 1 J ude whyte’smother Peggy was a devout Catholic and part-time taxi driver, well- known in th ...

The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 Britain 51 2 200 or so top members of the Irish Repub- lican Army that they would not be prose- ...

52 Britain The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 “A working-class herois something to be,” sang John Len- non. That certainly seems to ...

TheEconomistFebruary 15th 2020 53 1 T he flowof foreign arms to the Arabian peninsula began in earnest 150 years ago. As Europea ...

54 Business The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 2 and its suppliers, which include Raytheon and Britain’s bae Systems. baesold 72 Ty ...

The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 Business 55 1 W hen fernando marçalscored a ris- ible own goal in a match against Paris Saint-Ge ...

56 Business The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 2 Bartleby Teenage picks T he worldof work is changing. Are people ready for the new ...

The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 Business 57 W hen theChina Europe International Business School (ceibs) was estab- lished in Sha ...

58 Business The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 2 with the government, which still domi- nates the commanding heights of China’s eco ...

The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 Business 59 I f imitation isthe best form of flattery, one can only imagine the mandarins in Bei ...

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