Group dynamics: Wagner in Africa

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<p>Its leader is in exile and its future is uncertain. But the Wagner Group will be loth to abandon the influence and the cashflow that its <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/06/27/what-next-for-wagners-african-empire?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">murky African operations</a> bring. The striking down of affirmative-action university-admissions policies in America may counterintuitively spur more-progressive and more-efficient <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/29/how-american-universities-will-react-as-race-based-admissions-end?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">alternatives</a> (9:56). And the reinvention (again) of a beloved Chinese <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2023/06/01/a-famous-brand-of-chinese-sweets-reinvents-itself-again?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sweet treat</a> (17:08).</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, try a free 30-day digital subscription by going to <a href="https://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>