This comes as Taiwan makes a huge diplomatic push into Europe. I wonder if Taiwan's leaders realise just how badly this goes down with large parts of the European and global publics.

Apart from the utter immorality of the stance, it's also very counterproductive to Taiwan's interests.

Let’s rephrase the question.

“Whose judgment is worth more: government actors, making political decisions to achieve ideological goals, or the market?”

According to Milei - the beacon of contemporary libertarianism - it’s the government.

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I’ve wondered the same thing about Icelandic conservatives.

Having screamed about sovereignty for as long as I can remember, they’ve now fallen conspicuously silent as their friends across the Atlantic are literally threatening to annex our closest neighbour by force.

How it started: How it’s going:

Ég hélt í augnablik að þessi fyrirsögn sneri að utanríkisstefnu Íslands.

Og finnst það svo sem alveg passa.

For Taiwan, it's always nice to see its status as a country reinforced by being labelled as such on a prominent list with other countries.

Well... except on this list. We could definitely have done without this one.

My favourite part is that Trump believes the US has a “champagne business”.

Happy election day Taiwan! 🇹🇼

Frá Áslandinu í Hafnarfirði

Hvernig það byrjaði: Staðan:

A few pictures from an open lecture I gave at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages in Kaohsiung a few weeks ago.

The talk was on Icelandic IR and the field of Small State Studies.