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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

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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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