Maurizio Stefanini Author journalist and essayist, is the author of a research paper on emerging economies for Nomisma Articles Chosen words Back to nuclearLongitude #154 Featured briefing The end of the roadLongitude #154 Chosen words For once in ItalyLongitude #153 Featured briefing Caught in the medium-tech trapLongitude #153 Chosen words World MegadangersLongitude #152 Chosen words Stay tuned this summerLongitude #151 Featured briefing Going global silentlyLongitude #151 Chosen words India todayLongitude #150 Cover story UK politics heading for a shake-upLongitude #150 Chosen words Assessing the EU’s historyLongitude #149 Cuba On the brinkLongitude #149 Chosen words South KoreaLongitude #148 Featured briefing The eclipse of trustLongitude #148 Numbers FentanylLongitude #147 Chosen words The AI black boxLongitude #147 Featured briefing Scaling transition finance and real economy decarbonizationLongitude #147 Chosen words Farmers on the marchLongitude #146 World economy Chocolate’s getting hotterLongitude #146 Chosen words HouthisLongitude #145 Featured briefing The rise and fall of a mythLongitude #145 Chosen words American crisisLongitude #143 Cover story Biden’s race problemLongitude #143 Chosen words HamasLongitude #142 Chosen words The problem of woke capitalismLongitude #141 Featured briefing The migration time bombLongitude #141 Chosen words Mysteries of the past and futureLongitude #140 Chosen words MigrationLongitude #139 Chosen words A century of KissingerLongitude #138 Featured briefing How cities will look like in 2050Longitude #138 Chosen words Central banks in times of crisisLongitude #137 Cover story The eastern paradoxLongitude #137 Chosen words WeaponizationLongitude #136 Cover story Undersupply sharpened ingenuityLongitude #136 Chosen words EarthquakesLongitude #135 Cover story The sorry fate of a leaderLongitude #135 Chosen words War in UkraineLongitude #134 Featured briefing A very democratic testLongitude #134 Chosen words BureaucracyLongitude #132 Chosen words ToriesLongitude #131 Featured briefing Europe’s winter to comeLongitude #131 Chosen words StatesmanshipLongitude #130 21st century challenges Throwing away the fiscal anchorLongitude #130 Chosen words Summer readsLongitude #129 Featured briefing Fighting for a drinkLongitude #129 Cover story The daunting task of feeding the worldLongitude #128 Chosen words The cryptocrisisLongitude #127 Cover story Shilly-shallying over national security and economic stabilityLongitude #127 Chosen words InflationLongitude #126 Chosen words SanctionsLongitude #125 Cover story Russia’s foreign orbitLongitude #125 Chosen words The grassroots of no-vaxLongitude #124 Featured briefing The nuclear wishful thinkingLongitude #124 Chosen words Crisis in UkraineLongitude #123 Featured briefing Closing the gapLongitude #123 Chosen words A fragmented PolandLongitude #121 Featured briefing Preparing the future of mobilityLongitude #121 Chosen words Social warmingLongitude #120 Featured briefing Who will control the seas?Longitude #120 Chosen words AfghanistanLongitude #119 Cuba The rum war rages onLongitude #119 Chosen words Summer readsLongitude #118 Cuba No room to move forwardLongitude #118 Chosen words Germany after MerkelLongitude #117 Featured briefing Crazy moneyLongitude #117 Chosen words The sturdy house of cardsLongitude #116 Global issues The world without coffeeLongitude #116 Chosen words Turkey’s involutionLongitude #115 Brazil A tricky puzzleLongitude #115 Chosen words CRISPRLongitude #114 Chosen words Extremist surgeLongitude #113 Featured briefing Smart building, smart living, smart workingLongitude #113 Chosen words China post CovidLongitude #112 Featured briefing Hedging for droughtsLongitude #112 Chosen words America’s diseaseLongitude #111 Chosen words Neo feudalismLongitude #110 Featured briefing The problem with Big TechLongitude #110 Chosen words AntitrustLongitude #109 Cover story Fantasy becomes realityLongitude #109 Chosen words Central banksLongitude #108 Featured briefing Mining the real economyLongitude #108 Chosen words America’s diseaseLongitude #107 Featured briefing No time to dieLongitude #107 Chosen words Searching for a way outLongitude #106 Chosen words DebtLongitude #105 Featured briefing Matching the world’s downturnLongitude #105 Chosen words CrisisLongitude #104 Global issues The staples paradoxLongitude #104 Chosen words DemographicsLongitude #103 Cover story No time to dieLongitude #103 Chosen words Brexit, at last?Longitude #102 Chosen words Trends for the 2020’sLongitude #100 Chosen words The Great ignoranceLongitude #99 Cover story The soundtrack of protestLongitude #99 Chosen words Extreme economyLongitude #98 Global issues In a lithium moodLongitude #98 Chosen words Hard Brexit, hard timesLongitude #97 Venezuela Petroleum palsLongitude #97 Chosen words North KoreaLongitude #95 Chosen words Times of crisisLongitude #94 Cover story Latin America zigs when the US zagsLongitude #94 Chosen words PropheciesLongitude #93 Chosen words Global economic disorderLongitude #92 Featured briefing The odd gold rushLongitude #92 Chosen words 40 years of Chinese reformLongitude #91 Latin America The only game in townLongitude #91 Venezuela A recurrent dramaLongitude #91 Chosen words The age of resentmentLongitude #87/88 Brazil Longing for a caudilhoLongitude #87/88 Chosen words The making of a dictatorLongitude #85/86 Russia Defrosting for sanctionsLongitude #85/86 Chosen words From leaders to writersLongitude #84 Cover story Boatloads for cashLongitude #84 Chosen words The Nobel isn’t dead,yetLongitude #83 Latin America Corrida cambiaria fuels national spleenLongitude #83 Chosen words Chemical warfareLongitude #82 Cuba Cuba libre?Longitude #82 Chosen words FIFA World Cup Russia 2018Longitude #81 Chosen words Crisis of LiberalismLongitude #80 Chosen words SeparatismsLongitude #78/79 Cryptocurrencies Collateral crypto-damagesLongitude #78/79 Chosen words Sea PowerLongitude #77 European separatism Singing the same old songLongitude #77 Chosen words Putin’s tangoLongitude #76 Featured briefing The business and life of riceLongitude #76 Chosen words Jihadist networks in EuropeLongitude #75 Chosen words The classics and warLongitude #74 Russia Playing from the KGB handbookLongitude #74 Chosen words Zbigger than lifeLongitude #73 Cover story Start-ups and governmentLongitude #73 Chosen words Macron and French traditionLongitude #72 Venezuela A country on the edge of collapseLongitude #72 Chosen words The axis of evil is backLongitude #71 Politics Populism’s vicious economic circleLongitude #71 Chosen words The gall of the gaulsLongitude #70 Europe The Dutch riot of partiesLongitude #70 Chosen words Genealogies of the futureLongitude #69 Cover story Canada hedges its betsLongitude #69 Chosen words Of machines and menLongitude #68 Featured briefing The Trump effect beyond the wallLongitude #68 Chosen words Putting the pop into populismLongitude Putting the pop into populism Cuba Cuba in the wake of FidelLongitude #67 Chosen words Big Data and small dataLongitude #66 Featured briefing Spain escapes from limboLongitude #66 Chosen words In Putin’s headLongitude #65 Chosen words Fear of progressLongitude #64 Latin America The end of the Pink WaveLongitude #64 Chosen words Black Lives Matter backlashLongitude #63 Chosen words Brexit, actuallyLongitude #62 Chosen words New modes of productionLongitude #61 Spain Snap elections in SpainLongitude #61 Chosen words Jihad in BelgiumLongitude Jihad in Belgium Featured briefing Vale tudo in BrazilLongitude #60 Chosen words When Hillary met DonaldLongitude #59 Featured briefing Bracing for the new industrial revolutionLongitude #59 Chosen words Islamic State terror in EuropeLongitude #58 Chosen words Changes in ChinaLongitude #57 Crude oil's downward slide Elbowing the frack out of the energy businessLongitude #57 Chosen words If you can’t stand the heat…Longitude #56 Latin America Latin America’s pink tideLongitude #56 Chosen words Who have and have notLongitude #55 Will the ballots fix Spanish politics? Spain always game for another partyLongitude #55 Chosen words Oh, Henry!Longitude #54 How the car is changing The car of the futureLongitude #54 Chosen words Germany through the centuriesLongitude #53 World economy The oil warsLongitude #53 Chosen words Beware of Greeks receiving giftsLongitude #52 BRICS Putin it under one umbrellaLongitude #52 Chosen words Anti-politics and the crisis of democracyLongitude #51 Trade Atlanticism and its discontentsLongitude #51 Chosen words The Chinese challenge to American hegemonyLongitude #50 The rising allure of the tangible Scratching an itch for vinylLongitude #50 Chosen words The turning point for oilLongitude #49 Singapore The man who woke a tiny tigerLongitude #49 Chosen words Capitalism and democracyLongitude #48 Fiscal paradise lost The perennial Swiss hedgeLongitude #48 Chosen wordsEuropean MuslimsLongitude European Muslims Chosen words HUMINTLongitude #46 Cuba libre Bye-bye old CubaLongitude #46 Chosen words Books and beyondLongitude #45 Global terrorism The coffers of terrorLongitude #45 Chosen words The Islamic StateLongitude #44 The new world of cheap oil Drilling into wealthLongitude #44 Chosen words In search of a new world orderLongitude #43 Sowing the seeds of better food policy When bumper crops bum farmers outLongitude #43 Chosen words The future of GermanyLongitude #42 China From Hong Kong with loveLongitude #42 Chosen words Here’s my story, vote for meLongitude #41 Finance Banking minus the interest, or so it seemsLongitude #41 Chosen words Unorthodox economistsLongitude #40 Mega$port Home field disadvantageLongitude Home field disadvantage Chosen words Hard power is backLongitude #39 The not quite pacific Indian Ocean Naval bases: far-flung and homegrownLongitude #39 Chosen words Banks, bankers, Europe and inequalityLongitude #38 Avoiding the dark Palladium: the makings of a perfect stormLongitude #38 Chosen wordsEnviromental warsLongitude Enviromental wars Iceland Iceland rewrites its fateLongitude Iceland rewrites its fate Chosen words Putin’s RussiaLongitude #36 World economy The tango effectLongitude #36 Chosen words Second-guessing America’s 9/11 warsLongitude #35 Chosen words The legacy of Nelson MandelaLongitude #34 Chosen words A new American centuryLongitude #33 Holy glasnost A very Latin American papacyLongitude #33 Chosen words Weapons of mass destructionLongitude #32 Global rush in telecommunications The web warsLongitude #32 Chosen wordsPinochet: 40 years laterLongitude Pinochet: 40 years later World economy Cracks in the BRICSLongitude #31 Chosen words The evolution of capitalismLongitude #30 Times of protest The scoring classLongitude #30 Chosen words What the frack?Longitude #29 Nile Thirst and powerLongitude #29 Chosen words To thatch or not to thatch?Longitude #28 Trade Caught in a web of world tradeLongitude #28 Chosen words The geopolitics of CatholicismLongitude #27 Global Economy The new crop of challengersLongitude #27 Chosen words How the West will be lostLongitude #26 Venezuela Big Daddy’s funeralLongitude #26 Chosen words The bookish popeLongitude #25 Chosen words Management for underdogsLongitude #24 Global markets The Starbucks zeitgeistLongitude #24 Chosen words SOS EuropeLongitude #23 Industry Storm of steelLongitude #23 Chosen words MilitariaLongitude #22 Financial markets Capitalizing on catastropheLongitude #22 Chosen words GeopoliticsLongitude #21 Talking heads Would-be splittersLongitude #21 Chosen words Defining the Middle EastLongitude #20 Wealth protection Diamonds in rough timesLongitude #20 Chosen words Fear of the futureLongitude #19 Chosen words Olympic GamesLongitude #18 Chosen words The Arab Spring: one year laterLongitude #17 Chosen words The fate of Western civilizationLongitude #16 International trade A fistful of rare earthsLongitude #16 Chosen words Israel: holy land, profane politicsLongitude #15 Land rush Trimming land for better hedgesLongitude #15 Chosen words China rising on the horizonLongitude #14 Gold A glittering historyLongitude #14 Chosen words BRICs and BRICSLongitude #13 Markets Money, blood and chocolateLongitude #13 Chosen words Thanks for the memoriesLongitude #12 Chosen words Gathering intelligence: yesterday and todayLongitude #11 Thailand Thailand’s power playsLongitude #11 Chosen words The decline of the Dollar EmpireLongitude #10 Infrastructure Just say no to infrastructureLongitude #10 Chosen words The future of the war on terrorLongitude #09 Tangoing on eggshells The Mexican paradoxLongitude #09 Tangoing on eggshells Italian companies in Latin AmericaLongitude #09 Chosen words European debt crisisLongitude #08 Chosen words The nuclear debateLongitude #07 Cuba Cuba’s new Rum SocialismLongitude #07 Chosen words Who’s afraid of the IMFLongitude #06 Talking heads European losersLongitude #06 Chosen words Killing Osama bin LadenLongitude #05 Talking heads Sons and daughters of powerLongitude #05