Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. military support for Taiwan, the European Union considering the use of frozen Russian funds to aid Ukraine, and Australia’s new penalties on hate speech. Asymmetric Warfare Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump have tried to stabilize relations between their two countries during the latter’s second term in office, culminating in Trump’s upcoming visit to Beijing in April. But a new U.S. arms deal with Taiwan could jeopardize those efforts—and exacerbate an already dangerous flash point in the Indo-Pacific. On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced the United States’...