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Hawk medium-range anti-aircraft missiles, manufactured by the U.S. company Raytheon. (iStock/ewg3D)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John W. Miller
When war erupts, the weapons industry benefits from the fears that motivate politicians to budget more money for the military—and investors to sink more capital into armaments.
A Ukrainian volunteer Oleksandr Osetynskyi, 44 holds a Ukrainian flag and directs hundreds of refugees after fleeing from the Ukraine and arriving at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Monday, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“As we celebrate the strength of women around the world, we’re also seeing women struggle in such heartbreaking ways, trying to keep their families safe…serving the youngest and most vulnerable.”
People line up to receive hot food in an improvised bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Drew Christiansen
Does the “responsibility to protect” doctrine call for Western action in Ukraine? Perhaps not through military intervention, but certainly in efforts toward recovery, reconstruction and reconciliation.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, addresses the 74th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 28, 2019.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Cardinal Pietro Parolin “reiterated his call for an end to armed attacks, for the securing of humanitarian corridors for civilians and rescuers, and for the replacement of the violence of weapons with negotiation.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (seen here speaking to his nation via smartphone) has emerged as a worldwide hero for democracy, but there are indications that the vitality of our democracy has diminished in the United States. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Steven P. Millies
The United States should not abandon a foreign policy that promotes free self-determination around the globe. But people who have lost faith in democracy at home may be on to something.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis called for a stop to the armed attacks in Ukraine, and for negotiations and good sense to prevail.