Issue #45Jan 2015 Leaders A world gone awry, cheap oil and the rebus of historyby Bianco PialuisaWidescreen DIY cosmonautsby Mona MarcoCharted territories The phantom Emirate of Ahwazby Jacobs FrankTalking heads Populists prying Europe apartby Finelli CarmineWorld money Daylight between monetary policy and the real economyby Savona PaoloSmart thinking Who’s afraid of the giants?by Broggi DaniloModifying India Modi operandiby Armellini AntonioMyriad Indiaby Joveneau Marie Wringing out India’s wasteby Vaccari LanfrancoBye-bye superbanks Another shock in the makingby Caldwell Christopher The ECB finally takes chargeby Merler Silvia The key to EU banking healthby Kempthorne DavidThe world of bankingby Joveneau Marie How to finance the futureby Cingolani StefanoGlobal terrorism The coffers of terrorby Stefanini MaurizioBerlaymont France considers balking on austerityby Cerretelli AdrianaAfricaTreasure mapby Joveneau Marie Sparrow’s generationby Verga Enrico African arms raceby Bono AnnaMiddle East Tripoli, oh land of loveby Merola AlessandroAfghanistan Survival in a tough neighborhoodby Stefanini StefanoPotomac watch Last chance at Defenseby Cianfanelli RenzoThe Orientalist Putin’s moves in the Middle Eastby Molinari MaurizioEurope Fear and wavering in Eastern Europeby Luczkiw StashWarming bloopers Aliens invade the Mediterraneanby Clini CarloChosen wordsBooks and beyondby Stefanini MaurizioNumbers Shiver me timbersby Bini Federico