Arkady Ostrovsky, the Russia and Eastern Europe editor for The Economist, discusses the escalating protests in Georgia in support of former President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is currently on a hunger strike, raising questions about the country's political future. Hal Hodson, the publication's technology correspondent, delves into the alarming rise of China's state-sponsored industrial espionage and the ineffectiveness of measures to counter it. Their insights shed light on the tense geopolitical dynamics and evolving language intricacies around terms like 'green-light' and 'gaslight'.
Mikheil Saakashvili, a former president, is seven weeks into a hunger strike and protests supporting him are proliferating. We ask where the country is headed. China’s state-sponsored industrial espionage is growing more overt and more organised—and little can be done to stop it. And how to figure out the past tense of verbs like “green-light” and “gaslight”.