Our weekly podcast on China. This week, what makes the seventh generation of Communist Party leaders different—and how could they shape the country?
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Matt Steinglass, our Europe editor, identifies the continent’s Spartans
Lawrence Lessig and Yoshua Bengio suggest how to reduce serious risks without abandoning American technological leadership
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Alex Turner, our defence editor, looks at this anachronistic and peculiar form of execution
Vladimir Putin looks poised for a huge wave of forced inductions
It is hard to make a fresh documentary on a ubiquitous subject, Alex Gibney’s gruelling film shows
The backlash could swing close races in the midterms
The country’s EU citizens are astonishingly diverse
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