The Free China Pod: An Interview with Taiwanese Director Chen Szu-wei
On this episode we have on Chen Szu-wei. Szu-wei is a Taiwanese director currently based in New York. He has worked on numerous short films and is in the process Continue Reading
Why American foreign policy should embrace a protracted Ukraine conflict
Recent months have begun to see a renewed vigor in the partisan split within the American political spectrum on the Ukraine war, as American isolationists have persisted in their skepticism Continue Reading
Realpolitik and its failures
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, a tight member in the elite and trade-centric Davos foreign policy establishment, this week published an editorial suggesting that America lacks flexibility in its foreign policy. Unfortunately, Continue Reading
Privatized rail companies killing innocents around the globe
The avarice of private railroad companies around the world has been leading to deaths for well over a century. Unfortunately, the trend of privatization is continuing and with it comes Continue Reading
East Asia’s war footing
Three of the major states in East that can be, to differing extents, described to be under the American military umbrella, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, are each taking steps Continue Reading
The Free China Pod: Ben Comes on to Scream About Marxism Etc. Part 1
Ben joins the boys so they can discuss (and occasionally scream) about a range of topics including: Andrew Tate getting taken down by Greta Thunberg, US politics, Afghanistan, the ongoing Continue Reading
Ukraine’s winter war
After Russia’s mobilization a few months ago, Russian’s men and arms are massed for a new offensive, which can be launched as soon as this month, or more likely in Continue Reading
American leadership will persist
For over a century, people around the world have lived through an American era, dominated by the US power, wealth, institutions, and ideas. Now, many people believe that this long Continue Reading
Godless – A review
Ari: After seeing Jack O’Connell for the first time since war film ’71, and previously on Skins, he was at first almost unrecognizable. His scraggled beard and posture was a Continue Reading
Drone Diplomacy
After the war in Ukraine, many people have commented that the conflict changed the methods of traditional war. The drones built by Iran puncture Kyiv’s skies almost every day, while Continue Reading