Issue #119Oct 2021 Leaders Is Capitalism exportable?by Bianco PialuisaWidescreen Afghanistan on the brinkby Mona MarcoTalking heads A very German election upsetby Editorial team LongitudeSmart thinking Preventing e-wasteby Broggi DaniloMy cup of tea Restoring western credibilityby Castellaneta GianniGlobal finance Money mattersby Salzano PasqualeOccam's razor The prodigious AlphaFold2by Serlupi Crescenzi OttavianoSpace race The n-body problemby Tantardini MarcoTech Talk Preparing the futureby Paliani AndreaPassageways Re-inventing urban planningby Incalza ErcoleCuba The rum war rages onby Stefanini MaurizioFeatured briefing America's self-restraintby Massolo Giampiero Grand strategyby Joveneau Marie Biden is back (America, not so much)by Ottolenghi Emanuele In Taliban handsby Verga EnricoMegaphone Managing social conflictsby Comin GianlucaWarming bloopers A tricky transitionby Clini CarloChosen words Afghanistanby Stefanini MaurizioNumbers Chilling factsby Bini FedericoCover story The Chinese Chimeraby Cingolani Stefano China’s economic ambiguityby Joveneau Marie A wildfire expansionby Federico Carli and Benedetta d'Alessandro Xi's socialist legalityby Cavalieri Renzo A slippery Silk Roadby Paolo Chirafisi and Bepi Pizzulli On the other sideby Tucci Stefania