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.

India's economic growth is getting out of a hole and unemployment is dropping.

But there's an enormous part of the potential labor force that won't be contributing to the recovery,

most of the country's women.

We ask why so few of them are in work.

And in Cuba, anti-government sentiment is getting a boost from an unlikely source,

a protest anthem penned by big-name artists who once applauded the communist leadership.

We take a listen to the track that's rattling the regime.

First up, though, at a rally yesterday, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nicole Pashignon, warned of an attempted military coup. He told crowds it was the army's job to defend the country,

that it was up to the people to decide whether or not he should step down.

Mr. Pashinyon has faced protests since a peace deal was struck in November,

in which Azerbaijan gained territory in Nagorno-Karabakh, a largely ethnic Armenian enclave.

Mr. Pashinyan has faced protests since a peace deal was struck in November,

in which Azerbaijan gained territory in Nagorno-Karabakh, a largely ethnic Armenian enclave.

Clashes over the region had erupted repeatedly since 1994,

drawing in Russia, which stood behind Armenia, and Turkey, which backed Azerbaijan.

But in the end, it was Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart,

Rachel Tayyip Erdogan, who put it all to rest, brokering a peace deal.

That's just one sign of a remarkable political alliance that's picking away at the post-Cold

war geopolitical order.

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