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Settler bet: a West Bank flashpoint adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning West Bank Outpost Escalation through Anshel Pfeffer, West Bank, Kusra, Tel Tel Piyot, Mike Huckabee, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich, and Benjamin Netanyahu; Uniform Civil Code in India through Kira Huju, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Indian Muslims, and Live-In Relationship Registration; and Public-Figure Workplace Advice Satire through Andrew Palmer and Bartleby Column.

Wake-up haul: an Ozempic moment for the brain adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Orexin Agonists and Narcolepsy Wake-Sleep Boundary through Shailesh Chitnis, Ovoperextone, Takeda Pharmaceutical / 武田制药, Alkermes, Eli Lilly, Sentessa Pharmaceuticals, Emmanuel Mignot, and Morgan Stanley; Japanese Startup Exit Constraint through Ethan Wu, Japan, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Yamaji Hiromi, and Sakana AI; and Procrastination Self-Regulation Failure through Benjamin Sutherland, Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions, and Exercise Self-Mastery For Procrastination.

I, robot? AI and consciousness adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning AI Consciousness Boundary through Alok Jha, ELIZA, Chatbot Mind Projection, Global Workspace Theory, Computational Functionalism, and Organoid Computing; European STI Surge through ECDC, STI Public Health Response, and Antimicrobial Resistance; and Mary de Rachewiltz’s translation of Ezra Pound’s The Cantos as a compromised-art case.

It’s not easy being Green: Zack Polanski adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Zack Polanski and the Green Party of England and Wales as a British Eco-Populism case, Synthetic Spud Cells as a Life Definition Spectrum case from Kate Adamalla’s University of Minnesota lab, and Travel Agent Resilience through ABTA, the American Society of Travel Advisers, and Fora.

Afghanistan, five years on: our correspondent visits adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Afghanistan under Taliban Hardline Rule, Humanitarian Isolation, Girls Education Workaround, and Forced Refugee Return, a Colombia earthquake response shaped by Disaster Inequality, and Nirmal Purja’s Project Possible legacy as a High-Altitude Climbing Ethics case.

Caracas under pressure: democracy in Venezuela adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Venezuela’s transition talks through Oil Revenue Sanctions Leverage and Opposition Legitimacy Gap, a U.S. Fast-Food Demand Reset, and Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle as a case in Gesamtkunstwerk, Leitmotif, and Ideologically Compromised Art.

Pump and circumstance: is China the new OPEC? adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning China’s demand-side oil-market flexibility after the Strait of Hormuz shock, Brazil’s tougher racist-speech law and Hate-Speech Criminalization Tradeoff, and Beer Lao as a Laos / 老挝 national-brand and diversification case.

Spring, then fall: a weakened Muslim Brotherhood adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning the Muslim Brotherhood’s regional weakness after the Arab Spring, Crime Statistics Comparability in Europe-America safety claims, and Padel Participation Boom with Padel Court Economics as the access caveat.

Under strAIn: breaking the British state adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning AI Bureaucracy Arms Race in Britain, Clergy Mandatory Reporting Conflict in the U.S. confession and child-safety debate, and Short-King Dating Data as a dating-norms data segment.

Outsider chance: ending Sudan’s proxy war adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Sudan’s Foreign-Backed Civil War, the Gordie Howe Bridge as Cross-Border Infrastructure Trade Tension, and Betye Saar’s Assemblage Art Memory Work around slavery, race, and liberation.

Socialist mobility: a telling Michigan vote adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Statewide Left Primary Test and Primary Electorate Distortion in Michigan politics, Yangtze Fishing Ban Recovery and Environmental Repair Social Cost in the Yangtze River / 长江 segment, and Postcard Intelligence Infrastructure plus Postcard Media Decline in the postcard-history segment.

Taking the shine off: albedo and global temperatures adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Albedo Feedback, Aerosol Cooling Masking, Earth Energy Imbalance, Ocean Heat Monitoring, and Solar Geoengineering in the climate segment; West Africa Cocaine Transit, Cocaine Route Displacement, Maritime Drug Interdiction Capacity, and Narco-State Risk in the drug-trafficking segment; and Female Breadwinner Norms, Reported Income Gender Norms, and Domestic Labor Double Burden in the marriage-data segment.

In arms’ way: Gaza-deal sticking points adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Gaza Deal Implementation Gap in the Gaza deal, Full-Time Self-Employment Boom and AI-Enabled Self-Employment in the U.S. small-business segment, and African Radio Resilience plus DAB Radio Capacity Expansion in the radio segment.

Taken littorally: Spain’s sudden crisis in Ceuta adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Ceuta, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Migration Weaponization in the Spain-Morocco border segment, Falling Object Public Safety and Infrastructure Accountability Gap in India, and AI Writing Detection through Pangram, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.

Working memory: the surprising decline of dementia adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Age-Adjusted Dementia Decline and Modifiable Dementia Risk Factors in the dementia segment, Pix and Payment Infrastructure Trade Dispute in the Brazil payments segment, and Emo Revival Identity Culture through My Chemical Romance and festival demand.

Brave New whirl: Turkey’s opposition overhaul adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Turkish Opposition Realignment and Judicialized Opposition Suppression in Turkey, Surrogacy Policy Hypocrisy and Political Double-Standard Backlash in Germany, and AI Graduate Career Uncertainty plus Useful Work Career Compounding in the Gen Z career-advice segment.

An interview with Elon Musk adds a standalone long-form The Intelligence interview source, extending the Economist audio branch around Elon Musk, AI, robots, SpaceX, Starlink, DOGE, USAID, and European political influence.

Burning questions: a more fire-prone world adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Extreme Wildfire, Wildfire Smoke Health Burden, and Landscape Fire Prevention in the climate segment; Women Workplace Progress Stall, Promotion Ambition Gap, and Childcare Infrastructure Constraint in the labor segment; and Nightlife Mayor, Nighttime Economy Governance, and Socializing Decline in the urban-life segment.

Cockroaches 1, Modi 0: India’s remarkable protests adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning India’s Cockroach Movement, the Advance News Trading Experiment on news, expectations, and Position Sizing, and Invader’s Flash Invaders app as a Street Art Game Layer over the city.

The Elon game: Musk’s vision of the future adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Elon Musk’s AI and political worldview through Zanny Minton Beddoes, Sweden’s move toward Child Prison Units, and Mona Khalil’s turtle-conservation work at the Orange House in Lebanon.

For bucks’ sake: the rise of self-made billionaires adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Competitive Billionaire Wealth and Wealth Tax Legitimacy, Cambodia / 柬埔寨’s scam-compound system through Su-Lin Wong, Chen Zhi, Hun Sen, and Hui Wan Group, and Larry the Cat as a Political Image Maintenance case at 10 Downing Street.

Kyiv brawl: Ukraine’s top general fired adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Ukraine Military Command Reform around Mykhailo Fedorov, Oleksandr Syrskyi / Sersky, and Mykhailo Drapatyi / Drapati, Police Killing Rate Divergence and Police Consent Decree Culture Gap in Albuquerque, and Jikobukken Incident Property / Housing Stigma Discount in Japan.

Bombs and bombshells: Zelensky under pressure adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Ukraine pressure around Volodymyr Zelensky, Mykhailo Fedorov, Operation Forrest Gump, Wartime Election Constraint, Ukraine Export Chokepoint, and Air Defense Saturation, China Mental Health Access Gap and Mental Health Service Regulation Gap through Sarah Wu, and PAW Patrol as a Children’s Media Values Debate / Child Competence Wish Fulfillment case.

Hard cedar: Lebanon seeks Trump’s help adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Lebanon’s appeal to Donald Trump, Red Bull’s sports-media business model, and Age-Gap Marriage Decline in U.S. census data.

A firm Andy: what are new British PM’s plans? adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Andy Burnham’s first governing choices, Syria’s postwar reconstruction finance, and Greenmarket as a Farmers Market Urbanism case in New York City.

A hawk who flew on political winds: Lindsey Graham adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Lindsey Graham and Republican Foreign Policy Adaptation, AI values through World Values Survey and AI Model Value Surveying, and Old Masters Market Revival as an art-market response to scarcity and authenticity in an AI age.

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Gulf-co-operation counsel: what next for the region adds another Economist podcast metadata case, this time for a The Intelligence episode that moves across Gulf Stability Risk, American Democratic Resilience, and Plant Acoustic Signaling.

Peace fire: further US-Iran strikes adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning renewed U.S.-Iran strikes and U.S.-Iran Nuclear Diplomacy, Asian Filial Piety Laws, and Route 66 history through the Threate Filling Station.

Strait and narrowing: the Iran deal crumbles adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning the failed Strait of Hormuz safe-passage bargain, Indian Government Website Usability, and Adult Summer Camps as structured offline friendship.

Omission accomplished: why the Iran-war cycle spins on adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning the fraying U.S.-Iran MOU and Thin Diplomatic Frameworks, Chinese driverless-taxi service exports and AI Service Export Standard-Setting, and Wally Funk’s late Blue Origin spaceflight as a Gender Barrier Spaceflight case.

Keep qualms and carry on: a decade after Brexit adds a single-topic The Intelligence retrospective on Brexit, United Kingdom political churn, Brexit Economic Friction, and the limits of Brexit Regulatory Dividend.

Starmergeddon: British PM resigns adds another The Intelligence magazine-style sequence, spanning Keir Starmer’s resignation, Colombia’s security-election backlash, and Toy Story 5 as a family-technology critique.

Coming in Andy: Britain’s prime minister-in-waiting adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Andy Burnham’s by-election route toward the Labour leadership, Iran Postwar Economic Relief after the U.S.-Iran memorandum, and the Obama Presidential Center as a presidential-memory case.

Latin lessons: the Donroe-doctrine boost adds a further The Intelligence sequence around Latin America Investment Boom, Jollof Index, and Broadcast Infrastructure Sunset, showing how Economist audio links geopolitics, household prices, and media infrastructure in one episode.

Fear-jerker: America’s AI backlash adds another The Intelligence magazine sequence, spanning U.S. AI Backlash Politics, China Divorce Restrictions, and European Cooling As Public Health.

Far Crimea: war comes to Russia’s door adds another The Intelligence magazine sequence, spanning Ukraine’s War Visibility Strategy against Russia and Crimea, SpaceX’s IPO-driven Index Fund Automatic Exposure, and Alan Greenspan’s Federal Reserve legacy around Central Bank Independence.

Roaring trades: oil majors’ secret success story adds another The Intelligence magazine sequence, spanning Energy Trading Scale Advantage at European oil majors, Frontier Model Release Governance in U.S. AI policy, and Concert Residency Economics in live music.

Putin’s options: an oligarch speaks out adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Andrey Melnichenko and Russian Elite Discontent inside Russia, Air Defense Saturation in Kyiv, and Interstate Bypass Economics around Route 66 and Shamrock, Texas.

In it to bin it: Nigel Farage v Count Binface adds another The Intelligence magazine sequence, spanning Political Farce Accountability around Nigel Farage and Count Binface, Africa Connectivity Infrastructure through Nigeria, Starlink, and Eutelsat, and Homeric Adaptation Modernization through Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.

Marine warfare: Le Pen runs for president adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Marine Le Pen’s 2027 campaign path in France, Captive Whale Sanctuary through Little White and Little Grey in Iceland, and Route 66 commercial memory through the American Giants Museum.

You’ve come a long way, Bibi: Israel’s crucial election adds another The Intelligence sequence, spanning Israeli Election 2026 and Haredi Conscription in Israel, Sports Political Interference around the FIFA World Cup, and Iceberg Climate Symbolism through A23A.

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