American delegation of former senior defense and security officials visited tiwan last week. The visit was intended as a sign of support for the island in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. Tiwan has a menacing neighbor too, and is closely watching the international response to the war. On the country's social media, a slogan has taken hold: Ukraine to day, tiwan to morrow.
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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