Neighbour-rattling: India strikes Pakistan

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<p>Two weeks after a terrorist attack in Kashmir, Indian missiles <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/05/06/india-strikes-pakistan-to-avenge-a-terrorist-attack?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">streaked into Pakistan</a>. Will the retaliation end this latest flare-up or intensify it? Our correspondent meets <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/04/16/the-judge-who-would-rule-the-internet?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">Alexandre de Moraes</a>, a swashbuckling Brazilian supreme court justice who is taking sides in the global free-speech fight (8:35). And appetite for Sweden’s rare-earth minerals will pose difficulties for the Sami people <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/04/24/europe-wants-swedens-minerals-thats-more-bad-news-for-the-sami?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">and their reindeer</a> (tk).</p><br><p><em>Please take a moment to fill out our </em><a href="http://www.economist.com/TIsurvey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>listener survey</em></a><em>—let us know what you like about the show, and what you don’t.</em></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>