In India, Global South finds Ukraine war a laughing matter

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made headlines over the weekend when his claim the Ukraine war was “launched against” Russia provoked laughter from the audience during a forum in India. But I was in the room and can report he also received applause and indifference. Understanding why can help explain the differences in views on […]Continue Reading

Taiwan fast graying into a ‘super-aged’ society

Like most Western industrialized countries, Taiwan experienced a sustained decline in fertility rates and increased life expectancy that together resulted in population aging. But due to the fast fertility decline in recent decades, the pace of aging has been continuously accelerating — Taiwan became an “aging society” in 1993, an “aged society” in 2018 and will become a “super-aged” […]Continue Reading