The range of economic weapons pointed at russia in the wake of its invasion of ukraine has been nothing short of astonishing. A powerful coalition representing some of the world's biggest democracies announced it would block some russian banks from swift president by targeting new group of oligarchs to day. And a hundred years ago this week, pierre paulo passulini was born, an author, a playwright, a journalist and novelist,. but most prominently, an audacious film director.
The West’s co-ordinated financial weaponry is starting to bite, opening a new age of economic conflict; once-unthinkable oil embargoes seem now to be on the table. Taiwan is another democratic country with a big, bullying neighbour; we examine how the war has sparked introspection. And celebrating Pier Paolo Pasolini, a polymathic auteur unjustly known only for his most controversial film.
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