Persecuzioni: non abbassare la guardia

A cavallo del 22 agosto, giornata dedicata dall’ONU alla memoria delle vittime della violenza antireligiosa sono usciti due studi importanti e due note sulla questione. Gli studi riguardano l’impressionante crescita di vittime cristiane nella Nigeria (Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa – ORFA, Contrastare il mito dell’indifferenza religiosa nel territorio della Nigeria) e la situazione […]

A German Mirror for China

The recent electoral results from Germany’s Länder interweave short-term concerns and long-term challenges, and these challenges extend to China, which is facing the choices Germany made a century ago. The immediate implications of the Saxony and Thuringia elections—precisely the success of the AfD and BSW—are compounded by the complex nature of local government coalitions. The […]

Racism against Israel

Israel must provide a project for the Palestinian people without consulting Hamas to get out of the political stalemate and stem the rising tide of antisemitism. It may need the Vatican to make it work. Michel Korinmann’s book on the roots of antisemitism in Germany (Deutschland über Alles, available in French) is crucial. He documents […]

American and Global Web of Silk Roads

China’s rising challenge presents an opportunity for the United States to articulate a more compelling world order grounded in its values, technologies, and a new set of infrastructures. The Vatican could help In the early 1990s, as the victor of the Cold War, the United States embarked on its globalization project. In essence, this initiative […]