The Economist UK - 07.09.2019

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The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 5

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Contents


The world this week
8 A summary of political
and business news

Leaders
11 Syria
Assad’s hollow victory
12 British politics
The Unconservative Party
12 The European Central
Bank
Parting gifts
14 Argentina
A superclassic crisis
16 AI and war
Mind control

Letters
18 On Hungary, the great
auk, Brexit, Hong Kong,
language, conservatism

Briefing
21 The Syrian civil war
The assault on Idlib
23 Refugees in Turkey
The migrant crisis,
revisited

Britain
25 The Tory transformation
26 Parliament and the PM
27 Scotland’s Conservatives
27 Brexit survivalism
28 Left-behind places
29 A baby boom grows up
30 BagehotStranger things

Europe
31 Putin’s brutality
32 Venice’s pickpockets
32 German elections
33 Poland’s coal capital
34 CharlemagneThe new
commission

United States
35 The federal bureaucracies
36 North Carolina’s election
37 Michael Bennet, wonk
37 Shootings and gun laws
38 Straight pride
40 Space Command
41 LexingtonAfghanistan

The Americas
42 The FARC’s return to war
43 Hurricane Dorian’s wrath
44 BelloWill the “pink tide”
return?

Middle East & Africa
45 The pope in Africa
46 Gambling in Ethiopia
47 Israeli Arabs’ votes

ChaguanGay Chinese
take a cautious first step
towards civil unions,
page 54

On the cover


Bashar al-Assad is on the verge
of vanquishing his enemies.
But Syria will poison the
region for years to come:
leader,page 11. In Idlib a near-
decade of war is grinding
towards a close: briefing,
page 21



  • Britain’s political meltdown
    (cont’d)The Tories’ tightening
    embrace of radical populism
    sets Britain up for a dangerously
    polarised election: leader,
    page 12. A revolution in the
    Conservative Party leaves MPs
    uncomfortable, page 25. After a
    tumultuous week for Boris
    Johnson, what next? Page 26.
    A country that prides itself on its
    common sense and moderation
    is doing ever stranger things:
    Bagehot, page 30

  • Who lost Argentina?
    Populists, not its reformers,
    deserve most of the blame for
    the latest fiasco: leader,page 14.
    In its death throes, Mauricio
    Macri’s government emulates its
    opponents, page 63

  • Battle algorithm: AI and war
    As computers play a bigger role
    in warfare, the dangers to
    humans rise: leader,page 16.
    Artificial intelligence is
    transforming every aspect of
    warfare, page 69

  • Why Americans pay more for
    lunchConsider the lobster roll,
    page 66

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