President Trump shakes hands with Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen looks on before the Arctic security agreement’s signing.Source: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press September 2026 tested Europe's strategic autonomy. Germany blamed Russian-directed operatives for explosive-laden drones found near Ukraine-bound aircraft, while a Pentagon review considered withdrawing 25,000 to 40,000 of roughly 80,000 U.S. pers

Vatican–Russia Talks in Moscow. Source: OSV News August 2026 was shaped by the Strait of Hormuz, where commercial traffic fell from around 110 vessels a day before the war to only three in one twenty-four-hour period, while emergency releases pushed the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve below 300 million barrels. Venezuela combined renewed government-opposition talks with an oil agreement covering more than 65 billion barrels of reserves, as Vatican diplomacy sought to preserv

July 2026 saw major developments across the Church, law, geopolitics, and the global economy. In the Church, debates on the Lefebvrian question and AI in reproductive medicine highlighted tensions around authority, tradition, and human dignity. In the U.S. and Europe, courts and governments addressed issues on citizenship, gender in sports, childhood protection, and AI regulation. Globally, the NATO summit in Ankara, the crisis in Sudan, political consolidation in Nicaragua,

Catholic Leaders Alliance Interview Through the Networking Catholics project organized by Father Matteo, professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, I was invited to The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where I had the opportunity to interview Andreas Widmer. Widmer is a Swiss-born entrepreneur, former Swiss Guard of Saint John Paul II, and a leading voice in the integration of faith and business. He is the founder and director of the Arthur & Carlys

Conversation with Stan Veuger at AEI

June 2026 brought together several developments across geopolitics, European policy, markets, technology, and society. The report covers the fragile truce after the Iran war, Europe’s defense and trade agenda, the progress of the digital euro, major market events involving SpaceX and Bending Spoons, and demographic trends in Italy, Japan, and Switzerland. Together, these events offer a snapshot of the main political, economic, and social issues shaping the month. I. GEOPOLI

The factors behind sixteen years of political stability — and the conditions that ended them Between 2010 and 2026, Hungary under Viktor Orbán represented one of the most studied cases of political consolidation in modern Europe. Understanding how that model sustained itself — and what ultimately disrupted it — requires looking at structural factors rather than ideological ones. Annual press conference, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán January 2026 Why the system held