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Nuking Tsunami from Asia

Francesco Sisci / Director

- America -

29 March 2025

An atomic race is underway, unintentionally triggered by the US’ sudden plans to shrink its international commitments. No one will win. Perhaps a new political fabric is being woven. US allies in Asia fear losing their nuclear umbrella because US President Donald Trump suggested some global disengagement. Without the umbrella, as seen with Ukraine, a […]

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US-China – Tribal Pursuit

Francesco Sisci / Director

- America -

27 March 2025

Group thinking, social media, and esoteric information converge in the West and China, but Beijing might do it better. The risk of autocracy is in the control of information. It could stifle it all, as the freedom of thought generated modernity. It may look like something that happened in Rome. For two decades, Italian politics […]

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A War of Wedges

Francesco Sisci / Director

- America -

23 March 2025

The United States may want to drive a wedge between Russia and China, but lack of coordination is opening fissures with its allies. Thus, the US might achieve little or no results while Moscow gains much more political space. While US President Donald Trump is talking to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, he’s also engaging […]

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The Body of Pope

Marcello Neri /

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16 March 2025

The Holy See, Global Chaos, and Diplomatic Wisdom. Francis’s silence and his impediment may help the Vatican and Parolin’s silent mediation and work for peace in this moment The world seems to be slipping away from the fingers of the global powers, and perhaps as never before, we feel the urgency of a well-balanced word […]

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A Cold Truce

Francesco Sisci / Director

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15 March 2025

The outline of a long, different Cold War is looming clearer. Europe is ready for rearmament, while Italy must choose between a real defense or becoming the Belorussia of the Mediterranean It’s just days away from a proposal for the long-awaited ceasefire in Ukraine; two months ago, a truce was reached in Gaza, and since […]

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On the Papacy: Resignations and the Impediment of the Holy See

Lorenzo Prezzi /

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14 March 2025

Garaldina Boni, a professor of canon law at the University of Bologna, along with a group of canonists, has developed two legislative proposals addressing the issues of papal resignation and the situation of a pope’s total impediment. These proposals were presented at a conference in Turin in October 2022 and are available on the website www.progettocanonicosederomana.it. […]

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Cheating Peace

Francesco Sisci / Director

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13 March 2025

Diplomacy is in full gear, seeking a pause to wars and tussles. Russia and China may not trust the US, but all may need a truce; it might be fragile. Beijing is trying to get out of a corner. In the game of friendship and suspicion among the grand capitals of the Eurasian landmass—Moscow, Beijing, […]