The Dawn of a Strange New European Consensus; Pope Leo Takes the Vatican Where Francis Could Not; How Critical Minerals Will Scramble Geopolitics
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May 19, 2026 | View in Browser | Sponsored by Texas A&M University - The Bush School of Government and Public Service

 

Today’s highlights:

- Orban’s Fall and Europe’s Rise by Ivan Krastev

- The Not-So-Quiet American by Victor Gaetan

- The New Resource Curse by Rabah Arezki, Frederick van der Ploeg, and Michael L. Ross

- The Other China Flash Point by Henrietta Levin

 

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, Hungary, April 2026

Orban’s Fall and Europe’s Rise

The Dawn of a Strange New European Consensus

By Ivan Krastev

Pope Leo XIV venerating a reliquary, Naples, Italy, May 2026

The Not-So-Quiet American

Pope Leo Takes the Vatican Where Francis Could Not

By Victor Gaetan

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, Hungary, April 2026

Orban’s Fall and Europe’s Rise

The Dawn of a Strange New European Consensus

By Ivan Krastev

 
Pope Leo XIV venerating a reliquary, Naples, Italy, May 2026

The Not-So-Quiet American

Pope Leo Takes the Vatican Where Francis Could Not

By Victor Gaetan

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At a cobalt mining site, Salmon, Idaho, May 2024 

The New Resource Curse

How Critical Minerals Will Scramble Geopolitics

By Rabah Arezki, Frederick van der Ploeg, and Michael L. Ross