Papuan dancers decked in neon gyrate to the music and everyone's in the mood. One senior government official, caught up in the exuberance, mounts the stage while wearing a feathered Papuan headdress and belts out What a Wonderful World. How times have changed.
South-East Asia's projected economic growth this year is largely solid. And while Indonesia also struggled with Covid-19, its people believe that their government can deal with unexpected crises. While it is far from perfect, it is focused on the future. More tellingly, only a handful of Chinese were present. Covid-19 restrictions have been severe but more chilling still, is the depiction of China as an enemy to be isolated. Assuming the royal"WE", the Americans and Europeans have prevailed, and Ukraine dominates all discussions.
That the Americans should strike a bellicose tone is not surprising. More startling is the transformation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, from peaceable German bureaucrat to a veritable Valkyrie, striding on stage to rally the troops with promises of glory. Perhaps this is also unsurprising: war is very much a part of the European DNA.
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