Blazed and confused: Turkey’s raging fires

The Intelligence from The Economist

EpisodeAug 11, 202120m

Blazed and confused: Turkey’s raging fires

The Intelligence from The Economist

EpisodeAug 11, 202120m

Across the Mediterranean and beyond, flames are consuming the landscape. Our correspondent says Turkey’s government helped make the country a tinderbox and was caught flat-footed by the blaze. State secrets, business intelligence, even conservation data: it’s all online, and freely available. We examine the pros and cons in an era of open-source intelligence. And the “murder hornet” threatening America’s north-west.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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