Month March 2021
By Alain Brossat Let us look at contemporary democracy from an unusual perspective, in several ways: firstly because I will not approach the question of democracy from its institutions (parties, elections, the rule of law…), its values (freedom of expression,… Continue Reading →
By Alain Brossat For the first time since Tiananmen (1989), the European Union (followed later by the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada) has imposed sanctions against local high-ranking officials in Xinjiang, figures that it suspects, among other things,… Continue Reading →
By Juan Alberto Ruiz Casado Just a few days ago, the US President, Mr. Biden, issued a Memorandum Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States, calling out against “vicious… Continue Reading →
摘要 本文為西歐與東亞的敵人文化對比研究，首先分析西歐民族國家的敵人文化形成與強化因素，以及自第二次世界大戰結束，西歐國家的共鄰關係改變，國家與人民的敵人文化逐漸弱化之過程。與之對比的是東亞地區敵人文化在新冷戰脈絡下的進程與增強趨勢。本文分析敵人文化如何成為戰爭陷阱又如何盤旋上升不斷加劇，而透過歷史災難經驗 « 旅行 »和持續對談討論或可理出掙脫敵人文化的可能途徑。
Manki is a young scholar from Hong Kong who studies philosophy in France (Paris 8 University). Besides, he is an excellent translator from French to Chinese and his modest ambition is to improve his German, which is already quite good,… Continue Reading →
By Alain Brossat and Juan Alberto Ruiz Casado Good news: there is a new US proconsul in town, in Taipei. His name is not Pilatus but Turton, Michael Turton, and Taipei Times is the official organ through which he issues… Continue Reading →