The Winter Olympics

https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/le-olimpiadi-piu-geopolitiche-di-sempre-229602

The US-Russia nuclear weapons treaty expires

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g31n4ey9go

https://www.icanw.org/new_start_expiration

Iran

https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/liran-in-standby-228951

Pope Leo XIV's address to the members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-01/poope-leo-xiv-address-diplomatic-corps-9-january-2026.html

https://arcmag.org/a-new-direction-in-vatican-diplomacy/

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/01/21/when-the-pope-talks-about-multilateralism/

https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/january/documents/20260109-corpo-diplomatico.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MElIdylOM0

Ambassador Giorgio Marrapodi takes office as the new Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations

https://italyun.esteri.it/en/news/dalla_rappresentanza/2026/01/ambassador-giorgio-marrapodi-takes-office-as-the-new-permanent-representative-of-italy-to-the-united-nations/ 

https://italyun.esteri.it/it/

European dependence on US high-tech for business and economics, not just in defence

https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260203-digital-sovereignty-can-european-businesses-survive-without-us-big-tech

https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260202-digital-sovereignty-have-trump-threats-spurred-european-awakening

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-begins-retreat-united-states-dependence-donald-trump-rocks-transatlantic-relationship/

and the need for a European federal union?

https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/draghi-e-leuropa-federale-228837

Trump, Greenland and NATO

https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/trump-leuropa-e-la-nato-in-bilico-228536