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Collision courseAmerica, Iran and the threat of war
Contents The Economist May nth 2019
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As tensions rise betweenAmerica and Iran, both sidesneed to step back: leader,page 9. The risk of conflict isgrowing, page 29. Iran'spresident does not want towalk away from the nucleardea I,page 30
• The psychology of US-Chinatrade The two countries havebecome strategie rivals.Theirtrading relationship will befraught for years to come: leader,poge 10. China's measuredstrategy could soon be put tothe test, poge 58. How muchharm have tariffs done? Poge 59
• Democracy at risk in LatinAmerica Four decades afterdictatorships began to give way todemocracy, populism andpolarisation pose unprecedentedthreats: briefing, poge 16.Thedanger goes well beyond Cuba,Nicaragua and Venezuela:leader, poge 10
• Caster Semenya: aconsequential ruling It is a veryspecific decision for a very specialrunner. But it has implications farbeyond athletics, poge 49
• How creepy is your smartspeaker? Worries about privacyare overstated, but not entirelywithout merit: leader, poge 13.Household electronics areundergoing a sensorymakeover, poge 66
The world this week6 A round-up of political
and business news
Leaders9 America and Iran
Collision course10 Trade talks
Deal or no deal10 Latin America
Under the volcano12 The Istanbul election
Goingdown13 Snoop in the kitchen
How creepy is your smartspeaker?
Letters14 On psychiatry, the EU,
ballot initiatives, Huawei,air pollution, measles,Hell
Briefing16 LatinAmerica
The ao-year itch
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Europe19 Istanbul's mayor deposed20 Italy gets out of recession22 Free transport in Tallinn22 French names23 Russian trade unions24 Charlemagne The
politics of suburbia
Britain25 New left-wing thinking26 Monarchy and media27 Bagehot A defence
secretary on manoeuvres
Middle East & Africa29 America v Iran30 Rouhani's tough talk31 Rockets over Gaza31 Murder in Malawi32 Benin's lousy election
United States33 Trump v Congress34 The racism recession35 Policing madness36 Mexican-Americans38 Lexington [ared
Kushner's peace pian
The Americas39 What next for Venezuela40 Baseball in Peru
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Asia41 Australia's election42 Press freedom in
Myanmar42 Philippine elections43 lndia's GDP statistics44 Monarchy in Thailand45 Banyan Legacy of the Raj
China46 Studying in Taiwan47 warships in the strait48 Chaguan The dangers of
divergence
International49 Caster Semenya and the
future of wornen's sport
Business51 Anheuser-Busch InBev53 Russia's abortive
aerospace renaissance53 Lyft's public distress54 Bidding for Anadarko54 Americans and pay-TV55 Bartleby Bad hirers56 Intel's fear of missing out57 Schumpeter The REIT
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