{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/5fcc58db-6004-4820-9779-86b3d8d9e1ed?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Going old Turkey: a regional power spreads","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/62e286e1dc55dd001230b68e.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Since the Arab spring the country has vastly expanded its military and diplomatic efforts—filling an evident power vacuum and <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/08/01/turkey-is-wielding-influence-all-over-the-arab-world?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">harking back</a> to the days of the Ottoman Empire. Tanzania’s economy was recently upgraded to “middle-income” status, but <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/07/23/why-tanzanias-statistics-look-fishy?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">our analysis</a> suggests something is fishy in its data. And why an Athens hotel will have two floors <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/07/25/a-hotel-developer-in-athens-obstructs-the-acropolis?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lopped off</a> its top. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}