West-siding story? Turkey’s tactical shift
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Despite cosying up with Russia and accusing America of trying to topple him, the newly re-elected president now appears to be flirting with old allies. But there is reason to be sceptical. A global survey shows that liberal values may not be catching on as some expected (09:54). And, have scientists found the biggest animal that ever lived (18:36)?
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| 0:36.0 | Hello, and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
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| 0:50.0 | When the United Nations were set up after the Second World War, |
| 0:54.0 | the hope was that the liberal values on which it was founded would become universal. |
| 0:59.0 | But despite getting richer, some countries have other ideas for achieving peace and security. |
| 1:05.0 | And picture the biggest animal ever. |
| 1:09.0 | You might be thinking of the blue whale, but now there's evidence of a creature |
| 1:13.0 | more like an enormous manatee that lived 40 million years ago |
| 1:17.0 | and may have outweighed the blue whale by more than three times. |
| 1:25.0 | First up, though. |
| 1:36.0 | Less than three months ago, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan |
| 1:40.0 | was accusing his American counterpart Joe Biden |
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