Issue #56Jan 2016 Leaders The very human endeavorby Bianco PialuisaWidescreen The year of the droneby Mona MarcoCharted territories Mapping mass shootingsby Jacobs FrankTalking headsDefense challengesby Franciosi FabrizioWorld money The financial trifecta and the role of democracyby Savona PaoloSmart thinking New threats to businessby Broggi DaniloScience deniers Science, civilization and the aboriginal impulseby Bianco Paolo The war on scienceby Vaccari LanfrancoSyrian conflict No one’s war, everyone’s warby Melani MaurizioIs the world’s economy safe? Yes, you’re the yuanby Franciosi FabrizioWorld economy ups and downsby Joveneau Marie The mysteries of money, oil and warby Cingolani StefanoInside business The delayed revolutionby Simon HermannUkraine Lurching westwardby Luczkiw StashIslamic terrorism Jihadists in Americaby Vidino LorenzoFrance France and the National Front: what now?by Marchi MicheleBerlaymont Annus horribilis for Europeby Cerretelli AdrianaPotomac watch Can Moscow and Washington team up?by Cianfanelli RenzoThe Orientalist No easy fix for Libyaby Tramballi UgoLatin America Latin America’s pink tideby Stefanini MaurizioWarming bloopers Feat or fraud?by Clini CarloChosen wordsIf you can’t stand the heat…by Stefanini MaurizioNumbers The innovation economyby Bini Federico