China has attempted to ease its pandemic restrictions before, only to tighten them when cases surged.

The global food system urgently needs to become more resilient for political and humanitarian reasons.

Open deliberations about the vaccines can counter the negative impact on public trust.

The government’s political stake in the strategy’s early success has become a barrier to recovery.

China’s reserves of other energy sources are limited, and demand for energy is likely to continue to rise.

Threatening a war maximizes Putin’s chances of keeping Ukraine in Russia’s sphere of influence.

Political motives relate more to easing domestic problems than to achieving foreign domination.

The facts favour China’s ambitious goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2060.

The Games offer national validation and unity, and thus a chance to build economic and political stability.

It is time for a new approach centred on a less ambitious but far more practical objective.

The divergence between private and social valuation can lead to sub-optimal investment.