Issue #30Aug 2013 Leaders Defending Europeby Mauro Mario Democracy’s endless compromiseby Bianco PialuisaWidescreen Nelson Mandelaby Mona MarcoCharted territories The White Sausage Line and other German equatorsby Jacobs FrankTalking heads Living like Vikingsby Finelli CarmineWorld money Killing the small saver softlyby Savona PaoloSmart thinking Microcredit 2.0by Broggi DaniloBack to square one Battling windmills in the Middle Eastby Pagliara Claudio O Brotherhood, where art thou?by Vidino LorenzoAfter the springby Joveneau Marie Endgame for the Arab Springs?by Stefanini Stefano Back to square oneby Vaccari LanfrancoCold War redux Wrestling with détenteby Luczkiw Stash Bama and Vova chilling outby Caldwell Christopher Resurrecting the Cold(ish) Warby Merola AlessandroEurozone Making sense of the European Banking Unionby Pennisi Giuseppe Those enlightened Canadiansby Lombardi DomenicoShale revolution Recomposing the energy puzzleby Busacca Alessandro The coming glutby Zallio Franco As shale leaves Europe in the dustby Wheeling the oilsby Joveneau Marie Frack baby, frackby Cingolani StefanoTimes of protest Political modernity hits the streetsby Aggio Alberto Rising expectationsby Bagella Michele Unmasking the protestby Tacconi MatteoO Gigante Brasileiro awakensby Joveneau Marie The scoring classby Stefanini MaurizioBerlaymont Europe on hold till the Germans voteby Cerretelli AdrianaPotomac watch Putin the US on the defensiveby Molinari MaurizioWarming bloopers Hong Kong’s pink dolphinsby Clini CarloChosen wordsThe evolution of capitalismby Stefanini MaurizioNumbers The super-richby Bini Federico