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Sketches for a US-China Strategy

Francesco Sisci / Director

- America -

16 November 2024

President Donald Trump promised to end wars, not start them. Yet, he has announced what could become one of the most disruptive trade wars in history, shaking the foundations of global commerce. He stated he would impose sweeping tariff hikes—up to 60%—against imports from China, the nation he views as a strategic adversary, and 10% […]

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Francis’ Asian Legacy

Francesco Sisci / Director

- Asia -

14 November 2024

The Pope threw his heart into Asia and sowed many religious and political seeds. The future is to grow them into plants. It won’t be easy, and an analysis of why is possibly needed on the eve of his next birthday. Many prayers for you, your Holiness. One of Pope Francis’s primary legacy is that […]

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Trump and a Three Kingdoms Strategy

Francesco Sisci / Director

- America -

9 November 2024

The election of Donald Trump serves as a wake-up call for European Union defense initiatives, as, for the first time, Eastern and Western Europeans, along with the United Kingdom (now outside the EU), find themselves aligned on issues regarding Ukraine and the United States, albeit for different reasons[1]. Westerners express concern over Trump’s abrasive demeanor, […]

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Russian Hybrid Trap for China?

Francesco Sisci / Director

- China -

4 November 2024

We seem to be facing a new style of hybrid military escalation. In February 2022, China believed Russia would easily win over Ukraine and cautiously supported it, thereby widening its rift with the US and creating a new fracture with the European Union. However, Russia failed to deliver, and the war remains unresolved. In 2023, […]

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Russia pivots east

Moss Roberts /

- Russia -

4 November 2024

Kremlin pivots east. An historical digression of the last three centuries.

Russian culture and history has long embraced a hybrid self-image: a western and an eastern, orientations sometimes compatible but more often in conflict. Geographically too, it is one-third in Europe, two-thirds in Asia. In 1703 Peter the Great built St. Petersburg (named for the apostle, later for the tsar), a city on the Baltic Sea […]

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A North Korean Fuse to WWIII?

Francesco Sisci / Director

- Russia -

2 November 2024

The deployment of North Korean troops in Ukraine alongside Russian forces has radically altered the dynamics of the war in Europe and Asia, raising the stakes and making it more challenging to find peace. However, a pathway to peace must be sought now more than ever. South Korea is reportedly considering sending soldiers to Ukraine, […]

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Francesco dopo Francesco

Lorenzo Prezzi /

- Roads -

31 October 2024

Francesco contro Francesco. Cosa accadrà dopo il pontificato dell'attuale papa?

Dove sono l’anima e il cuore del pontificato di papa Francesco a oltre 11 anni dal suo avvio (13 marzo 2013)? La domanda ha attraversato i due giorni che SettimanaNews ha dedicato al tema assieme ai suoi lettori (Albino, Bergamo, 25-26 ottobre). Sessanta presenti, una meditazione biblica (sr. Elsa Antoniazzi), due relazioni di fondo (Daniele […]