Issue #39Jun 2014 Leaders Hard times make for soft principlesby Bianco PialuisaWidescreen Silicon Valley’s renaissanceby Mona MarcoCharted territories Karakalpakstan: the toxic obscurity of a straight-A nationby Jacobs FrankTalking heads Trouble in the Donbasby Finelli CarmineWorld money Making the exchange rate work for Europeby Savona PaoloSmart thinking Future shopping with crypto-currencyby Broggi DaniloWorld war Do-or-die timeby Stefanini Stefano Middle East reshuffleby Melani Maurizio The cost of frozen conflicts and quasi-statesby Rosso Renzo Hybrid warby Luczkiw Stash Hey, big spenderby Caldwell Christopher The economy of warby Cingolani StefanoGlobal military chessboardby Joveneau Marie The price of the West’s strategic ambiguityby Vaccari LanfrancoThe not quite pacific Indian Ocean Jihad flares up again in Africaby Bono Anna A new day over breaking wavesby Verga Enrico Naval bases: far-flung and homegrownby Stefanini MaurizioAt the center of the new geopolitical equationby Joveneau Marie Alliances on the high seasby Armellini AntonioSoft power Apollo in Gazaby Ferrara PasqualeGenetics Of dodos and dinosaursby Bini FedericoBerlaymont Italy’s time to take the reinsby Cerretelli AdrianaPotomac watch The road to Insulariaby Cianfanelli RenzoThe Orientalist The darling of the Middle Eastby Molinari MaurizioEurope Inclusive growth, resilience, jobs and trustby Pennisi GiuseppeWarming bloopers Sunshine state under waterby Clini CarloChosen wordsHard power is backby Stefanini MaurizioNumbers Robots on the marchby Bini Federico