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Middle powers need to tread skilfully around the biggest blocs, writes Yvette Cooper
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The bloc is done playing nicely

Firms are reshaping their operations, at the expense of their profits

Hegemons should care about even puny countries

Air power, full-on invasion, arming the opposition: the result is usually the same, writes Philip Gordon

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist