Connectivity breaks down barriers and creates opportunities for collaboration and mutual benefit. Europe needs to improve its connectivity with Asia, physically and virtually, if it is to counterbalance Chinese plans to dominate the region and beyond.

There are always issues around to distract attention from the situation in the South China Sea. Yet with its rich oil and gas fields and valuable trade routes, are scenarios relating to future global domination being played out?

When Britain officially ‘brexited’ from the European Union (EU), in January 2021, it did so amidst a fanfare of promises of freedom and independence called ‘Global Britain’. A year on, what does progress look like?

In no policy area are key global economic issues, ranging from the fundamental to the idiosyncratic, better illustrated than those which relate to our trade in food