2025-12-04
20 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm your host, Rosie Blore.
Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
Any parent will tell you that rewarding good behavior can backfire,
as kids often find ways to cut corners and sneak a treat anyway.
So what happens with AI?
It's supposed to learn as it goes, but could it too find ways to make naughty shortcuts?
And something rather surprising happened in Malaysia earlier this year.
Five footballers who were part of the country's winning team against Vietnam
turned out to have become citizens only a week earlier.
Time for a penalty.
But first, This morning begins a two-day visit by Vladimir Putin to India.
It's the Russian president's first time in Delhi since he invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
That war will not be on the agenda.
Putin will instead be feted with full pomp and glory, sumptuous dinners,
and plenty of public handshakes and warm hugs from India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Putin's visit comes at a delicate point in Russia-India relations.
Kira Huju is our Asia correspondent.
The two countries have a long-standing relationship that stretches all the way back to the Cold War,