Lettice Bromovsky: Now that the UK has a firm place within the ASEAN bloc, it must stand up to China’s aggressive antics

A unified approach against this authoritarian power is the only way to combat Chinese influence and expansion.

Ben Roback: Biden’s Afghan pull-out represents the rash decision-making we had expected from Trump

‘Sleepy Joe’ has sleep-walked the United States into its biggest foreign policy debacle for a generation.

Jayne Adye: It’s time to move beyond Brussels on financial services

Our exit from the EU should allow fresh thinking and a new regulatory approach – to allow the UK to reach its full economic potential.

Bim Afolami: The big question facing Johnson. What does fiscal conservatism mean in an age of the big state?

My view is that the only way to help square this circle is to rediscover our concern for public service reform.

Daniel Hannan: A Levelling Up Fund will not, on its own, turn Sunderland into Singapore. Localism will take us closer, though.

We left the EU precisely to take back control. Having repatriated power, we mustn’t leave it in the hands of Whitehall functionaries.

Lionel Zetter: The SNP’s second referendum plans seem to include every voter – apart from expatriate Scots

Many maintain close ties with families and friends back home. Their interest in the future of Scotland remains undimmed.

Mario Laghos: Covid reminds us of the dangers of depending on others. We would be mad to do so again – with food.

The proposed Australian trade deal risks bankrupting our farmers. The competition is unfair, their standards lower – and our consumer gain minimal.

Mohit Lal: Come buy with me – Let’s onshore the benefits of duty-free shopping

Our experience suggests arrivals stores could boost UK airport passenger spending by between 20 and 30 per cent.

Neil Hudson: We have every reason to feel excited about the Government’s ambitious Turing scheme

Some of the criticisms that have been thrown at the scheme can only be described as inaccurate, misrepresentations.

Greg Clark: Why we formed our industrial strategy. What it achieved. And how my successor can build on it.

It’s hard to think that the right future is to be a less research-intensive country than the rest of the world, and so I hope our commitment will endure.

Stephen Booth: The main benefits of joining this Pacific trade partnership would be strategic

Future deals will be important but they should be viewed as a means to an end rather than an end in of themselves

Kristian Niemietz: What difference does the size of the state make to how is deals with Covid? None.

If it were the critical factor, Belgium should have been superbly prepared for the pandemic. Alas, it was not.

Tony Smith: Covid and border control. As a former Head of the UK Border Force, here are my urgent recommendations.

The Government must develop a Counter Pandemic Border Strategy (CPBS) to manage the second and subsequent waves of the virus.

Daniel Hannan: Ignore the Europhile sneers. Joining the Pacific bloc marks the rebirth of Global Britain.

The CPTPP is preferable to the EU because it elevates mutual recognition over harmonisation.

Neil O’Brien: Five lessons from the pandemic

It’s striking that the countries that did best during Covid are those, like Taiwan and South Korea, which live under threat of annihilation by their neighbours.