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This moment is bigger than internal politics. It is a test of whether the Catholic Church can evolve with its flock, or retreat into old centres of power. Francis wore simple shoes, but his successor must be ready to walk a world stage with complexity, courage, and conviction. Especially challenging when international relations are becoming even more fragmented.

Who comes after Pope Francis? The Catholic Church faces a global power shift

As Europe’s influence fades, the next pope could come from the Global South, reshaping the future of Catholicism

Where it has gotten challenging is that while Meloni shares some fundamental values and policy preferences with Trump—like the primacy of national interests, antiwokeism, and a civilizational view of social issues—his view of international relations is fundamentally upending and weakening multilateralism, thus endangering the basis of Italy’s role in the world.

Can Meloni save the Transatlantic Alliance?

After Donald Trump initiated a global trade war, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is leveraging her personal ties with the U.S. president to save the transatlantic alliance.To advance European and Italian interests, Rome should advocate a global order based on shared institutions and norms that maximize benefits for all.

Brussels dipped its toe in the waters of television 20 years ago when it backed the launch of Euronews, but then failed to sustain its financial help. The channel has since morphed into a loose franchised network owned by a Lisbon-based company said to have close links to Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán. Euronews’ reporting is in fact independent (it is unambiguously pro-Ukrainian), but it isn’t a viable basis for a future EU broadcasting giant.

Three ways Europe should fill Trump’s geopolitical vacuum

Geopolitics, like nature, abhors a vacuum so the EU must prepare to fill the spaces the US is vacating

Priced out of the United States and potentially other traditional markets by defensive safeguard measures, many firms will search for new supply and demand opportunities. Beyond helping with the arduous task of screening for new partners and commercial opportunities, AI will be important in making these new trade flows viable.

Navigating global trade: AI solutions for tariff turmoil

The United States, the world’s largest importer, has put in place its highest tariffs for more than a hundred years

The NHI cloud facilitates the more efficient exchange of medical records, while the adoption of international standards such as Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources enhances international medical data sharing. Additionally, the incorporation of AI-assisted technologies is advancing the development of smart healthcare. And the introduction of a virtual health insurance card and the My Health Bank app, which enables real-time management of personal health data, empowers people to make health-enabling choices.

Advancing health equity and promoting a healthier Taiwan on the 30th anniversary of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance system

Health is a fundamental human right and a universal value

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While countries like France, Italy, and the UK do possess blue water navies, they are dwarfed by their American counterpart. They will struggle to be everywhere all at once, as is required to secure global shipping. Consequently, Europe will have a fundamental problem breaking out of its “Permanent Suez” and securing minerals for its industrial supply chains.

Analyses

Ukraine’s not so critical mineral deposits

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

As Trump pursues trade wars and the annexation of territories for natural resources, access to Ukraine’s minerals could strain transatlantic relations. Given Europe’s lack of resources and limited military power to secure supplies, even Ukraine’s modest wealth might be worth negotiating for

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The wider group of the world’s cardinals later asked them to stop doing the briefings.Even if there are no press conferences this time, cardinals spending time in Rome often celebrate Masses at churches across the city. The sermons they offer on those occasions could give indications of what they are thinking.

World

Who will be the next pope? Some hints to watch for

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

No one knows who the world’s Catholic cardinals will choose to succeed Pope Francis as the new leader of the global Catholic Church

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The EU–UK defence pact promises stronger military planning, cyber defence collaboration, and intelligence sharing, all essential as global threats escalate. Instead, Brussels appears petty, fragmented, and unserious. Adversaries like Russia and China are surely watching with interest.

Analyses

EU-UK Defence Pact snagged in a fishing net

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

How can Europe expect to be seen as a serious power when fish takes priority over closer defence ties with the UK?

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For Fidanza, Trump’s recent tariff suspension carries a broader geopolitical message: it signals US interest in forming a unified Western economic front to counterbalance China’s global industrial expansion. This strategy goes beyond merely addressing the US trade deficit, although that remains an important consideration given America’s substantial public debt.

World

Inside Meloni’s strategy ahead of her meeting with Trump

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Meloni aims to position herself as a catalyst capable of reigniting stalled EU-US trade dialogue

At a time of unprecedented Chinese competition, Trump’s policies are simultaneously severely weakening the twin fundamentals of American—and by extension Western—global dominance: its economic exceptionalism and the transatlantic alliance. This is the kind of turmoil the West has been immune to, despite previous considerable crises, because the United States had managed to remain a stable stalwart on fundamentals for eight decades.

World

The US is the west’s Achilles’ heel, but not all is doomed

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Trump’s policies are undermining Western hegemony. To face the upcoming AI revolution, Europeans should aim to rebalance and leverage transatlantic cooperation

Some European populists, as well as their supporters at the highest levels of the U.S. administration, are drawing parallels with the rejection by the European Court of Human Rights of Călin Georgescu’s appeal against a Romanian court. The court’s decision to annul Romania’s 2024 presidential election after the far-right candidate won the first round amid evidence of Russian interference is being framed as political intrusion by judges, rather than understood as protecting the democratic process.

Europe

What Le Pen’s sentence means for the rule of law in Europe

Friday, April 11, 2025

Marine Le Pen’s conviction for embezzlement and ban from elected office have sparked accusations from far-right and populist movements of antidemocratic behavior. But the ruling shows that attachment to the rule of law is resilient, and upholding it is the only way to counter claims that the system is rigged

Global policymakers find themselves in a situation where they must juggle several massive challenges from trade restrictions (real or contemplated) to rising public sector debt to the threats of climate change.Their decisions and policy paths, be they globally coordinated or not, will impact the world’s real economy.

Analyses

Major economic upheavals: A brief economic history of the last 100 Years

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Looking into the future back from the 1920s, 1950s, 1970s and 2000s: What we have to expect from a world hobbling from stagflation to deflation

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Partnership through strength starts at home. Unity is essential for Europeans to stand their ground. However, it remains unclear whether the Trump effect will stiffen or splinter Europe. Far-right political forces across the continent share Trump’s illiberal nationalist worldview, and the Trump administration will likely seek to exploit divisions to weaken the EU.

Europe

Securing Europe’s future: Partnership through strength

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

The Trump administration’s antagonist and negligent approach toward Europe has eroded trust between historic allies. By fostering its sovereignty, Europe can restore the balance of the transatlantic partnership and secure its future

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In a rapidly evolving world, the shipping industry is navigating unprecedented technological, geopolitical, and environmental challenges. The path forward lies in fostering collaboration among stakeholders, embracing innovation, and keeping the human element at the heart of all we do. Danae Bezantakou, CEO of NAVIGATOR SHIPPING CONSULTANTS, emphasized that the NAVIGATOR ASSEMBLY 2025 reaffirmed the company’s unwavering commitment to shaping a sustainable, resilient, and future-ready maritime ecosystem.

Events

The NAVIGATOR ASSEMBLY, titled #TimelessSeas #NewPaths, the prelude to the 24th NAVIGATOR 2025

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The Shipping Decision Makers Forum, took place on Thursday, the 20th of March 2025, at the Grand Hyatt Athens

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In his article, he stated that his priority was to keep calm and fight for the best deal. In contrast, the Commission President took a more aggressive stance in her initial statement, saying she was already working on countermeasures. This further fuelled fears of a trade war between the two blocs and, of course, scared the markets even more.

Analyses

The Trump tariffs: A tale of two leaders

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

As Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs shock the global economy and financial markets crash, is Starmer’s more careful and practical approach proving more effective than von der Leyen’s more aggressive stance?

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Europe’s continuing inability ‘to speak with one voice’ is the focus of several former EU officials and diplomats. “Should it not be possible to merge the EEAS with the Commission?” asks one, referring to the EU’s much-criticised diplomatic service. The consensus among them is that a clearer EEAS mandate and a more professional internal culture should be priorities.

Europe

Ways the EU could streamline its governance without a new treaty

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Reform is in the air almost everywhere except in the European Union and its institutions

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There is a great example of how Arabs can enjoy living in the best possible conditions, once freed from the yoke of radical Islam: Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates. I visited there a month ago, and was amazed at how in the desert, this City of the Future emerged, blending sustainable urban living, renewable energy, green building practices and advanced technologies.

Europe

Hope you rarely hear about

Monday, April 7, 2025

Hope will come when Palestinians have something valuable to lose, like their homes

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EU Actually

A UK-US deal sounds good but what does it mean

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After Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to the White House in February, the UK delegation referred to what was being negotiated as an "economic deal"

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