Issue #49May 2015 Leaders Still a steep climbby Stefanini Stefano Atomic Era 2.0by Bianco PialuisaWidescreen Saigon, back to the futureby Mona MarcoCharted territories Her Majesty’s royal shit listby Jacobs FrankTalking headsRunning to become France’s next republican monarchby Franciosi FabrizioWorld money The ups and downs of a weaker euroby Savona PaoloSmart thinking Vying for (north) pole positionby Broggi DaniloThe sliding euro Pricing euro-dollar parityby Simon Hermann China poaches America’s financial cloutby Brambilla AlbertoThe dance of the fiatsby Joveneau Marie The $uper dollarby Cingolani StefanoSingapore The man who woke a tiny tigerby Stefanini MaurizioIran Congressional interference, a time-honored traditionby Caldwell Christopher Obama’s not-so-rosy Middle East policyby Ottolenghi Emanuele Managing the Middle East’s shifting balanceby Melani Maurizio 1980: a dour Persian New Yearby Vaccari Lanfranco Inside Iranby Bahadori ShahramRussia Return to the centerby Boffa MassimoBerlaymont Dangerous optimismby Cerretelli AdrianaPotomac watch Currency wars? No, thank youby Cianfanelli RenzoThe Orientalist A four-way power playby Molinari MaurizioEurope Shaky dealsby Deliolanes Dimitri The changing face of migration flowsby Bertozzi StefanoThe Jewish diasporaby Joveneau Marie From Khazaria to Zion (via New York and Hollywood)by Luczkiw StashWarming bloopers The climate change paradoxby Clini CarloChosen wordsThe turning point for oilby Stefanini MaurizioNumbers The global killerby Bini Federico