Perhaps because there are never really all that many papabile.
Trump's "tariffs on everybody" policy offers a glimpse of what may come: the U.S. against the world, with Russia its only great power ally
“We need Greenland. Very important for international security; we have to have Greenland....There are Chinese and Russian ships all over the place.”
A handful of people have determined the fate of more than 100 million ordinary citizens of the DRC for 30 years.
If the ultimate goal is to build a global civilization that respects individual rights, we are still a very long way from the Promised Land
You can blame the European colonial powers for redrawing the borders in the region in 1918-20 after the collapse of the Ottoman empire.