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The Economist February 18Th 2017 3 Flynn and the turmoil in Trump’s White House FEBRUARY 18TH–24TH 2017 Sex and science Gene editing, clones and the ethics of making babies Life Sciences Look to Britain Silicon Fen, UK for world-class medical research. Four of the top six universities in the world for clinical and health sciences can be found in the UK. It’s just one of the reasons we lead in biomedical innovation. Why don’t you take a closer look? Discover a land alive with opportunity at great.gov.uk Contents The Economist February 18th 2017 3 6 The world this week Asia 31 The Kim family Leaders Half-brotherly love 9 Reproductive technologies 32 North Korea tests a missile Sex and science Got a rocket in your pocket 10 Trump’s White House 32 Cambodian politics The Flynn fiasco One down, 54 to go 10 The United Kingdom 33 Elections in Turkmenistan Sliding towards Scoxit Protection racket 11 Greece and the euro 33 Elections in Jakarta The firing of Uphill task Fighting fake news Michael Flynn America’s national security 12 China’s liberals 34 Taiwanese politics A convenient untruth adviser raises questions that The two faces of Mr Xi won’t go away: leader, page On the cover 35 Japan’s forces 10. Mr Flynn’s departure will Barmy army Ways of making babies Letters not fix the problems in Donald without sexual intercourse 36 Banyan Trump’s government, page 21. 16 On televisions, are multiplying. History Red v green in Vietnam The press should criticise Venezuela, Singapore, suggests that they should be politicians when they lie. But multinationals, embraced, not rejected: lying isn’t the same as talking Republicans, Silicon China leader, page 9. What nonsense: Johnson, page 71 Valley happened after Dolly was 37 Liberal debate revealed to the world 20 Crushing the moderates years ago as the first animal Briefing 38 The stockmarket clone—and what didn’t, 17 Cloning War on manipulators pages17-20 The sheep of things to come 38 Trump’s trademark The greatest loos on Earth The Economist online United States Middle East and Africa Daily analysis and opinion to 21 Turmoil around Trump 39 Kenya (1): dirty war supplement the print edition, plus Errant Flynn Food for the hyenas audio and video, and a daily chart 22 Labour markets Economist.com Forgotten men 40 Kenya (2): cows, guns and politicians newsletters and 23 Black colleges E-mail: I burned a farm in Africa Scotland Britain’s exit from mobile edition Welcome, amigos the EU appears to strengthen Economist.com/email 23 Detroit’s recovery 41 Israel and Palestine the case for Scottish Bibi consults a realtor Print edition: available online by The boon from newcomers independence. In fact, it 7pm London time each Thursday 24 Legal immigrants 41 Zimbabwe’s new notes weakens it: leader, page10. Economist.com/print Minding the door The king of funny money Twin downturns in its main Audio edition: available online 25 Howard Johnson’s 42 Reforming Islam in Egypt industries have set Scotland to download each Friday How HoJo lost its mojo Sisi v the sheikhs on a poorer path, page 48 Economist.com/audioedition 26 Lexington NAFTA on notice Europe 43 Greece’s endless woes The Americas A chorus with cabbages 28 Ecuador’s elections 44 Moldova’s economy Volume 422 Number 9028 After Correa A do-over 29 Bello 44 Donald Trump and NATO Published since September1843 One message: pay up to take part in "a severe contest between A Peronist on the Potomac intelligence, which presses forward, and 45 Russian politics an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing 30 NAFTA our progress." Trudeau comes to Barred from the ballot Editorial offices in London and also: Washington 45 Italian politics Atlanta, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Cairo, Chicago, The gambler Suspected terrorists Lima, Mexico City, Moscow, Mumbai, Nairobi, 30 Venezuela Kenya New Delhi, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Black-listed vice-president 46 Turkish-Russian relations are disappearing and dying, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, In bed with the bear page 39. Land invasions in Washington DC 47 Charlemagne Laikipia portend electoral France’s elections: lessons strife in Kenya, page 40 in dégagisme 1 Contents continues overleaf 4 Contents The Economist February 18th 2017 Britain 62 Carbon tariffs Steely defences 48 Scotland’s economy Taking the low road 62 Asian trade Bouncing back 49 Britain in the Gulf Back to the desert 63 Copper Supply disruptions 50 Bagehot Harriet Harman’s 63 Inequality unfinished business The Great Divide of China 64 Free exchange Not enough Europe International North Korea An inconvenient Divorce For the rising number 51 International divorce relative of Kim Jong Un is of international and footloose When dad gets deported Science and technology murdered in dramatic style, families, breaking up can be 52 Inter-faith marriage 65 Delivery bots page 31. North Korea’s despot Heel! tricky—and tragic, page 51. challenges Donald Trump, Where Rashid and Juliet Many countries make it hard to 66 Agrichemicals page 32 can’t wed marry someone from another Holding fast religion, page 52 66 Tropical diseases Business Blame the worm 53 Electric cars 67 Oceanic pollution Subscription service Volts wagons Entrenched For our latest subscription offers, visit 54 Electric cars in Norway Economist.com/offers For subscription service, please contact by Northern light telephone, fax, web or mail at the details 54 Old media Books and arts provided below: The Trump bump 68 Islam and Enlightenment North America A road once travelled The Economist Subscription Center 55 New media P.O. 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Creditor v PEFC certified creditor: a worrying twist in This copy of The Economist is printed on paper sourced the saga of the bail-out: from sustainably managed leader, page 11. Greece has forests certified to PEFC become a bystander to its own PEFC/29-31-58 www.pefc.org tragedy, page 43 © 2017 The Economist Newspaper Limited. All rights reserved. Neither this publication nor any part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of The Economist Newspaper Limited. The Economist (ISSN 0013-0613) is published every week, except for a year-end double issue, by The Economist Newspaper Limited, 750 3rd Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10017. The Economist is a registered trademark of The Economist Newspaper Limited. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Economist, P.O. 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Some fret that his tian who has been falsely appointment may increase the accused ofinsulting Islam, will riskofconflict with Israel, now face Anies Baswedan, a which unilaterally pulled formereducation minister, in a settlers and troops out ofGaza Anti-government protests run-offon April 19th.
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