As tensions in the Gulf appear to be easing following the apparent success of U.S.-Iran diplomacy, attention is gradually shifting back to Ukraine. Yet expectations that...
Author - Lorenzo Piccioli
A draft agreement between Washington and Tehran points to a possible de-escalation in the Gulf, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the launch of new...
As Ukraine returns to the center of Western diplomacy at the G7 summit in Evian, former U.S. ambassador to Kyiv John Edward Herbst argues that the missing ingredient for...
The Zapatero affair is more than a Spanish judicial case. It raises broader questions about Europe’s exposure to Russian and Chinese influence operations, elite capture...
Human dignity versus profit logic, the common good versus the arms race. With Magnifica Humanitas, the Vatican enters the AI debate with a voice that no government or...
Qatar positions mediation at the center of global diplomacy amid growing international fragmentation
Qatar is doubling down on one of the pillars of its foreign policy: mediation. This was the central theme of the event “The Value of Mediation,” organised in Rome by the...
From AI chips to rare earths, the Trump-Xi summit has shown how global technological competition is consolidating around the US-China axis. For Europe, the challenge now...
“On the one hand, it does appear to be a rather significant opening, because until now Putin had never said he was willing to meet Zelensky. On the contrary, he had...
As tensions test transatlantic relations, American analyst James Jay Carafano argues that Washington still sees Italy as an indispensable strategic partner. In this...
As global affairs expert Ian Lesser argues, Marco Rubio’s visit to Rome is unlikely to fully repair recent tensions between Washington, Italy and the Vatican, but it...
