Issue #167Feb 2026 Leaders Pax Americana 2.0by Bianco PialuisaWidescreen Moving capitalsby Mona MarcoTalking heads De-escalating a State-Federal standoffby Editorial team LongitudeSmart thinking Overcoming Internet's dark sideby Broggi DaniloOpen skies Air traffic's great gameby Bruni AlessandraBanking 2.0 The Draghi effectby Russo AliceOccam's razor What happened to Central Europe's first farmers?by Serlupi Crescenzi OttavianoTech Talk The big buzz at Davosby Paliani AndreaPassageways A bold initiativeby Incalza ErcoleAfrica Why Africans lost faith in Democracyby Bono AnnaFeatured briefing Shifting power balancesby Biggs William It's demography stupid!by Joveneau Marie A critical shortage of military personnelby Stefanini Maurizio The Achille's heel of Europeby Solito EmanueleWarming bloopers Science, not rethoric, serves climate actionby Clini CarloChosen words The Arcticby Stefanini MaurizioNumbers The Somali peninsulaby Bini FedericoCover story Titans, Lilliput and the Macbeth hazardby Cingolani Stefano The grammar of powerby Pezzulli Bepi The current type of warby Rota Marco From Venezuela to Iranby Ottolenghi Emanuele The North Shield and the Southern Leverby Strano Greta The path and destiny of International Lawby Savarese Eduardo