On Saturday, March 7, Pope Leo XIV announced the appointment of the new apostolic nuncio (ambassador of the Holy See) to the United States. Cardinal Christophe Pierre will be succeeded by Msgr. Gabriele Caccia, who is currently the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York. This appointment seems logical in terms […]
Russia, Venezuela, and Iran are warnings to Beijing, but the US doesn’t have an easy game with China. A ghost will haunt China’s NPC annual plenary session, which opens on March 5 – the ghost of US military lightning successes against top leaders in Venezuela and Iran, and of Russia’s war failures. Russian President Vladimir […]
China is hedging its bet on Russia and might signal it’s willing to find a way out, but the US can’t ignore Beijing’s stakes in Moscow. Until a few months ago, the Ukrainian ambassador to China was shunned by all Beijing’s departments; then, on February 13, 2026, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Ukrainian […]
Something seems to be stirring in Washington, though it’s hard to say what or where it’s headed. The recent Supreme Court ruling that President Trump lacked the authority and jurisidiction to impose tariffs through executive orders without congressional approval could be a sign of this change. The internal debate between Justices Gorsuch (who concurred) and […]
The April US-China summit is suddenly in question. Beijing wants to talk politics rather than trade and believes it has the upper hand. And there is a bigger calculation The April summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping may never occur. Beijing has warned that US arms sales to Taiwan (the […]
Kim’s Kingdom against Asia The 4th Kim to ascend to the North Korean throne foils all hopes of reunification with the South and unravels the region’s current political geography. With the reported appointment of a fourth Kim as ruler, North Korea has de facto become the first absolute hereditary monarchy of modern times. It’s not […]
For the American pope, China is the center of problems affecting the Vatican, the US, and future centuries. The PRC can worsen internal splits. It remains one of the Holy See’s biggest challenges. Many American Catholics oppose and are hostile to the dialogue between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). They […]
