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Dec 17th, 2016

Leaders

War in Syria
The fall of Aleppo (415)
Big data and government
China’s digital dictatorship (134)
South Korean politics
Decide and rule (10)
The Federal Reserve
Janet’s job (4)
The trial of Geert Wilders
In defence of hate speech (15)

Briefing

China’s social-credit system
Creating a digital totalitarian state (7)

United States

Russian interference
The plot against America (157)
Interference past
Substandard subversion (18)
The next secretary of state
Oily diplomacy (25)
Tiny colleges
Small wonders (10)
Environmental policy
Fetch the chainsaws (5)
The trial of Dylann Roof
Mother courage (15)
Lexington
The Obama way of war (18)

The Americas

Canada’s climate deal
Walking the walk (9)
Bello
Viva la ignorancia! (74)

Asia

Democracy in India
The do-nothing Lok Sabha (5)
Taiwanese politics
From riches to rags (10)
The economy of Turkmenistan
A stan, a plan, a cabal (1)
Race relations in Singapore
With reservations
Rodrigo Duterte
A liar or a killer (10)
Banyan
The daughter in the Blue House (4)

China

The one-China policy
Caught in the middle (39)
Hong Kong’s leadership
Any colour, as long as it’s red (2)

Middle East and Africa

Syria
Last rites for Aleppo (185)
Israel’s settlers
The Amona remainers (9)
Mayhem in Egypt
Murder in the cathedral (12)
Saudi Arabia’s calendar
The prince’s time machine (1)
Gambia and Ghana
You say goodbye and I say hello (3)

Europe

Terror in Turkey
Semtex pretext (23)
A landslide election in Romania
Conviction politics (27)
Italy’s new prime minister
A new man in the ejector seat (4)
Russia’s Igor Sechin
The oil boyar (8)
Charlemagne
The sexiest job in Brussels (94)

Britain

Business and Brexit
When the red tape unravels (8)
Police for hire
BOGOF bobbies (1)
Care for the elderly
Too little, too late Britain Only (9)
Volunteering
Time is money Britain Only (14)
The Labour Party
Brexit’s biggest loser Britain Only (4)
Hate speech on Twitter
False echoes Britain Only (9)
The 90-plus population
Measuring Methuselah Britain Only (6)
Bagehot
The breaking of Boris Johnson (12)
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International

Pax Trumpiana
Allies and interests (86)

Business

Artificial intelligence
Google’s hippocampus (7)
The future of Alphabet
Still searching (3)
Fox’s pursuit of Sky
Skyfall (10)
Vivendi and Mediaset
Bolloré v Berlusconi (4)
Retailing and the environment
Wrap stars (19)
Older workers in Germany
Elders not betters (4)
Amancio Ortega
Behind the mask of Zara (2)
Schumpeter
Out with the old (59)

Finance and economics

American corporate tax
Gain and pain (11)
Buttonwood
Not passing the buck (2)
China and trade
Call of duties (5)
UniCredit
Passing Mustier (4)
The Asian Development Bank
The incumbent (1)
Foreign exchange
A losing battle (2)
European insurers
Feeling squeezed (1)
Fiscal rules
Fiscal cryogenics (2)
Venezuela’s monetary madness
Cash and grab (32)
Free exchange
Rage against the dying of the light (16)

Science and technology

Oncology
Cancer’s master criminals (17)
Planetary science
Stardust memories (6)
Drug addiction
Souring the poppy’s milk (5)
Climate science
How hot is the sea? (1)
Sexual selection
Boning up (22)

Books and arts

Nutrition
Bittersweet (12)
Humans and decision-making
Thinking about thinking (7)
Animals and intelligence
Smart arms (4)
Johnson
Off with their heads (39)
Fiction
Managing the traffic
New York theatre
Bard off-Broadway

Obituary

John Glenn
Right up there (14)

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