COVID-19 underlined the urgent need to correct the imbalances in globalisation, multilateral institutions, and power structures. Balancing domestic interests and leading multilateralism and global cooperation in the post-COVID-19 world will define Abe’s legacy.

Early assumptions of extraordinary SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness and lethality have proven fallacious. Some are already calling the coronavirus lockdown “the Greatest Mistake in History.”

Democratic voters have rejected progressive representation in the executive branch once again. The ideological polarisation within the Democratic Party has multiple implications for the future of the progressive wing in the House of Representatives.

The COVID-19 outbreak provides India’s pharmaceutical industry a big opportunity, but responsibility as well. India is poised to be a key destination for manufacturing alternatives as the world looks to diversify the global supply chain away from China.

The South China Sea dispute has been at the forefront of East Asian geopolitics. Unlike regional neighbours, the Philippines has employed a unique buck-passing strategy for managing the conflict.

The relationship between Syria and Lebanon can be best described as problematic friendship. With Lebanon’s deeply fragmented national consensus and sectarian divisions, it was inevitable the Syrian conflict would spill over to Lebanon more than other neighbouring countries.

Critical to the UN Security Council’s survival over the past 75 years has been the permanent members’ right of veto.   However, this power often stymies the Security Council’s ability to intervene on behalf of civilians in need.

Heather Smith on fixing the G20, industrial policy, tech competition, and what economists get wrong.

Human beings are family- and community-oriented social animals. Sharing food and drink at home or in restaurants, enjoying the cinema, watching cricket, or appreciating a concert or a play are not optional add-ons but fundamental to our daily life as human beings.

Australians know all too well that seminal historical events for settler colonies are inevitably fraught affairs as the genesis of a new colony invariably comes at huge cost to the pre-existing population. The 1947-48 war in the Holy Land is another such occurrence.