 | | Thursday, August 14, 2014 | | |  | | |  | Reluctantly, America is back in Iraq, bombing the extremists of the Islamic State. Some argue that Barack Obama should not be getting entangled in the Mesopotamian mess again, some that he is still being too cautious. Our cover leader argues that his use of modest military force combined with political brinkmanship is the best way of containing the Islamic State while encouraging the formation of a decent government in Baghdad
John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief | | | | | | Recep Tayyip Erdogan won Turkey's presidential election, the first to be decided by popular vote, by 52% to the main opposition candidate's 38%. Mr Erdogan has been prime minister for the past 12 years, the last few of which have seen him become increasingly authoritarian; he now wants to change the constitution to give more power to the presidency
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MORE FROM: POLITICS THIS WEEK » | | | The euro-zone economy recorded zero growth in the second quarter. It had been expected to grow, if barely, but was dragged down by worse than expected GDP data from Germany and France. Germany's economy contracted by 0.2% as its export industry struggled. France chalked up a second straight quarter of zero growth (or "holding steady", as the French statistics agency described it). The stagnant economy means that France's Socialist government is likely to miss its budget deficit target, again
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