Issue #28Jun 2013 Leaders Things fall apart; Syria cannot holdby Bianco Pialuisa Europe needs a giant step forwardby Bonino EmmaWidescreen Knowing when to be a lionby Mona MarcoCharted territories The shapes of nationsby Jacobs FrankTalking headsLeading across the aisleby Finelli CarmineWorld money Printing press alchemyby Savona PaoloSmart thinking Below the surfaceby Broggi DaniloFalling on deaf ears Syria’s bloody stalemateby Jean Carlo The Alawite Corridor as postmodern political tropeby Luczkiw StashSyria on the brinkby Maretto Marco The battle for Syriaby Stefanini StefanoGerman football Back to its winning waysby Vaccari LanfrancoGermany Too innovative, too productiveby Simon HermannBalkans The EU as peacemakerby Mattiolo Luigi Let’s make a dealby Tacconi MatteoMigration policiesGreen cards for Europeby Maretto Marco Highly skilled and transatlanticby Bertozzi StefanoWhy the economy needs fat ducks Money never sleepsby Pelanda Carlo Banking on complexityby Caldwell Christopher The leaner meaner money machineby Cingolani StefanoCapital around the worldby Maretto Marco What went wrongby Lombardi DomenicoTrade Caught in a web of world tradeby Stefanini MaurizioLibya Comeuppance in Libyaby Brissori MarcelloBerlaymont Wither the Maginot Line?by Cerretelli AdrianaPotomac watch The Obama Gambit and Russian Defenseby Molinari MaurizioWarming bloopers China goes greenby Vaghi SilviaChosen wordsTo thatch or not to thatch?by Stefanini MaurizioNumbers I’m leaving, on a jet planeby Bini Federico