经济学人166:传统社会 不绕弯子
Traditional societies 传统社会 No beating about the bush 不绕弯子 America's best-known geographer shows what there is to learn from early man 美国最为知名的地理学家认为我们应该向早期人类学习 The World Until Yesterday:
经济学人167:影讯猎杀本拉登 美国之夜
New film: Zero Dark Thirty 影讯：猎杀本拉登 American night 美国之夜 The OBL thriller has landed 本拉登来袭 KATHRYN BIGELOW'S superb new thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, Zero Dark Thirty, hits the ground running like its h
经济学人168:格鲁吉亚的历史 糟糕的位置
Georgia's history 格鲁吉亚的历史 Bad location 糟糕的位置 Despite its unhappy history and dire geography, Georgia is doing well 虽然历史坎坷，位置糟糕，格鲁吉亚现在做得不错 Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia. By Do
经济学人169:贝雅特戈登
Beate Gordon 贝雅特戈登 Beate Sirota Gordon, interpreter of Japan to Americans, died on December 30th, aged 89 贝雅特希洛塔戈登，美国的日本翻译官，于2012年12月30日逝世，享年89岁。 DRAFTING a constitution isn't someth
经济学人170:法里什詹金斯
Farish Jenkins 法里什詹金斯 Farish Jenkins, paleontologist and polymath, died on November 11th aged 72 法里什詹金斯，古生物学家、博学者，卒于11月11日，享年72岁 INDIANA JONES is the ultimate action -hero academic: played
经济学人171:莱克星顿 马克罗·鲁比奥和他的安全网
Lexington 莱克星顿 Marco Rubio and the safety net 马克罗鲁比奥和他的安全网 The Republican Party should take the Florida senator's ideas seriously 共和党应该把这位佛罗里达州议员的想法当真 MARCO RUBIO'S shoulder is s
经济学人172:日本电子企业 苹果你挡住了我的阳光
Japanese electronics firms 日本电子企业 Eclipsed by Apple 苹果，你挡住了我的阳光 Electronics companies in Japan are starting to turn themselves around, but they are a shadow of their former selves 日本的电子公司的处境已经开
经济学人173:美国间谍在德国
American spies in Germany 美国间谍在德国 Up pops anotherand another 一个一个冒出来 The Americans are snooping even on Germany's anti-snooping committee 美国人竟挑衅德国反监听委员会 IF THE tawdry tale is confirmed, the Amer
经济学人174:巴拿马草帽 守住你的帽子
Panama hats 巴拿马草帽 Hold onto your headwear 守住你的帽子 Ecuador makes them and wants you to know it 厄瓜多尔制造了这种帽子并希望你去了解它 HATS have been woven in and around Montecristi, a hillside town in Ecuador ne
经济学人175:阿富汗选举 有效的转折
Afghanistan's election 阿富汗选举 A useful crisis 有效的转折 A fudge between two feuding presidential candidates may offer a political road map 两个长期不和的总统候选人相互挤兑，这或许能提供一个政治路线图 HOLDI
经济学人176:停火条件
Conditions for a ceasefire 停火条件 Why Hamas fires those rockets 为什么哈马斯要发射那些火箭 Hamas wants two big concessions. It may not get them 哈马斯需要两大让步，但不太可能实现 MANY Gazans, not just their leaders
经济学人177:伊朗与其核计划 对话暂停
Iran and its nuclear plans 伊朗与其核计划 Time out 对话暂停 The West and Iran will negotiate for four more months, but the gap is wide 西方与伊朗将全面谈判对话延长四个月，但双方分歧很大 AFTER some unconvincing last
经济学人178:境况不佳的克罗地亚
Ailing Croatia 境况不佳的克罗地亚 A mighty mess 一团糟 Croatia is the EU's newest basket case 克罗地亚是欧盟最新的大麻烦 There is a cloud over Dubrovnik 杜布罗夫尼克上空蒙上阴云 THIS month Dubrovnik, Croatia's pic
经济学人179:莱克星顿 左派步兵如痴如梦
Lexington 莱克星顿 Dreamy footsoldiers of the Left 左派步兵，如痴如梦 Some Democrats haven't noticed that the next election is this year, not 2016 一些民主党忽视下一场选举近在今年，而不是2016 ELECTION fever grips the
经济学人180:澳大利亚和日本 逐利先锋
Australia and Japan 澳大利亚和日本 Scrum-halves 逐利先锋 Closer security ties with Japan unsettle some Australians 一些澳大利亚人对澳日更紧密的国防关系感到不安 THE prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, flew to the Aust
