The Patriarch, The Pope, And An Old Play From Russia's Geopolitical Playbook

The recent meeting in Havana between Pope Francis and the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill held import far beyond religion and historic church splits. The geopolitical reasons Russia wanted the meeting, and historical roots of Russia’s geopolitical play, which are wrapped up in Russia’s sacralized sense of national [...]

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