Day 1,630: elide, Manichaean, covet, bulwark

It elides smaller countries’ agency and oversimplifies what is rarely a Manichaean divide.

Japanese firms covet South-East Asia’s growing markets, and policymakers see the region as a bulwark against Chinese expansionism.

Japan is a cuddlier friend to South-East Asia than America or China

Artwork of the day 
Sketch for Rachmaninov's opera "The Covetous Knight"
Nicholas Roerich
Date: c.1918Style: Symbolism
Genre: sketch and

Word of the day 
elide: to join different things together as if they are the same; to become joined in this way:
Manichaean: a believer in religious or philosophical dualism
covet: to want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else:
bulwark: something that protects you from dangerous or unpleasant situations:

Quote of the day
“Live, Elide,” was all the witch said to her before striding out of the hall once more. “Live.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass eBook Bundle: An 8 Book Bundle