Issue #169Apr 2026 Leaders The price of US powerby Bianco PialuisaWidescreen Leap to freedomby Mona MarcoSmart thinking Longevity, loneliness and artificial companionsby Broggi DaniloModern warfare God's offspring or democratic liabilityby Verga Enrico The illusion of EU fire powerby Strano GretaOpen skies Governing the sky, not just a place to be traversedby Bruni AlessandraOccam's razor The future of mRNA vaccinesby Serlupi Crescenzi OttavianoTech Talk Between bits and kilowatt-hoursby Paliani AndreaPassageways War, chokepoints, logistics and the EU maritime systemby Incalza ErcoleFeatured briefing The point of no returnby Pezzulli Bepi The UK's eclipseby Garcovich IlariaWarming bloopers A methodological blindspotby Clini CarloNumbers Not part of the crowdby Bini FedericoCover story The Ayatollah's Grand Failureby Cingolani Stefano The pathfinder to a secular democracyby Who's winning the Iran warby Ottolenghi Emanuele The logic beneath the noiseby Pezzulli Bepi Driver of the global economyby Rota Marco War, law and the hidden economics of global shippingby Corcione Carlo Fertilizers adriftby Forquet Ferdinando