Issue #41Aug 2014 Leaders The stagnant dilemmaby Bianco PialuisaWidescreen Sialkot, where the balls come fromby Mona MarcoCharted territories Her Majesty’s frozen slice of pieby Jacobs FrankTalking heads Politics on and off the pitchby Finelli CarmineWorld money Money’s architectural shiftsby Savona PaoloSmart thinking Lessons from failureby Broggi DaniloBorders A new world disorderby Stefanini Stefano Bordering on Utopiaby Jacobs FrankChina’s alluring neighborsby Joveneau Marie Creeping encroachment, China’s western surgeby Pantucci RaffaelloA visual history of borders in Europeby Joveneau Marie Nightmare sans frontièresby Luczkiw StashA snapshot of ISIS in the Middle Eastby Joveneau Marie The end of the Sykes-Picot lineby Vidino Lorenzo The messy business of bordersby Vaccari LanfrancoEurope Europe’s financial fringeby Zani MorenoJeff Bezos tracing new directions The Empire of Flying Pizzasby Galietti Francesco The Grand Disruptorby Cingolani StefanoFinance Sharia-compliant Europeby Verga Enrico Banking minus the interest, or so it seemsby Stefanini MaurizioBerlaymont Don’t do today what you can put off till tomorrowby Cerretelli AdrianaPotomac watch The wealth of nationsby Cianfanelli RenzoThe Orientalist Lines in the sandby Molinari MaurizioEurope Spurring venture capitalby Napolitano Fernando Sovereign debt in turbulent timesby Lombardi DomenicoWarming bloopers China’s clean technologyby Clini CarloChosen wordsHere’s my story, vote for meby Stefanini MaurizioNumbers Something fishy going onby Bini Federico