Kurds in the right place: a truce nears

库尔德人置身于正确之地:停火即将到来

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2025-03-06

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The leader of Turkey's Kurdish rebels has called on the group to disband. That could end one of the world's longest running conflicts. How tariffs and political volatility may affect the American economy (10:16). And the craze for eating caviar… with chicken nuggets (18:33).  Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm Rosie Bloor.

  • And I'm Jason Palmer.

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

  • Donald Trump has been clear that he wants to make America rich again and great again.

  • but combine a volatile president slapping tariffs on imports with some longer-run economic trends and the effect could be precisely the opposite.

  • And I don't know about you, but when I think of caviar,

  • I think of lush surroundings, high society stuff.

  • I do not think about it slathered on baked potatoes or chicken McNuggets or even slurped off the back of a hand.

  • But that is becoming the done thing.

  • But first...

  • Last week, Abdullah Ocalan, long-considered Turkey's public enemy number one,

  • made a long-awaited statement from prison.

  • Piotr Zilevsky is our Turkey correspondent.

  • In his message, the head of the PKK, Kurdish militia Ocalan founded, almost.

  • half a century ago, called on his fighters to lay down their weapons and disband.

  • The PKK has been locked in a war with Turkey since 1984.

  • On Friday, Turkey's ruling, justice at development,

  • or AK Party, was hammering home the message.