Hello and welcome to the intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Indonesia's president is in a bind.

He wants sharp economic growth, but that might come at the

cost of its anti-corruption efforts. Islamic conservatives are pushing for restrictive new legislation,

but that has brought out student protesters in numbers not seen for decades. And our correspondent digs into a pile of autobiographies,

trawling through the life stories of America's Democratic presidential contenders.

What qualities of a president are apparent in the musings of an author?

But first... In America, a debate is growing increasingly fervent.

Did President Donald Trump withhold military aid to pressure Ukraine into investigating his political rival Joe Biden?

Adam Schiff, the head of the House Intelligence Committee, thinks he did.

Shorn of its rambling character, and in not so many words, this is the essence of what the

president communicates.

We've been very good to your country.

Very good.

No other country has done as much as we have.

But you know what?

I don't see much reciprocity here.

I hear what you want.

I have a favor I want from you, though.

I want you to make up dirt on my political opponent,

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