It is wrong to expect that the pandemic will weaken China’s position in global supply chains.

Approximately half the world's smallholder farmers are women.

In the case of COVID-19, epidemiologists and other health experts have been warning about the danger of a viral pandemic for decades, including as recently as last year.

To the outside world, the tiny ASEAN monarchy of Brunei, looks like a Shangri La.

Containing the transmission of any infectious pathogen – especially one as contagious as COVID-19 – requires aggressive action.

In 2019, 16 leaders from governments, businesses and organisations gathered in New York to conduct a simulated response to a hypothetical pandemic.

Unlike the 2008 global financial crisis, which led to a collapse in demand, the COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a supply shock.

As a member of the international community, Indonesia needs to play an active role in ensuring global sustainability.

No health system in the world has the surge capacity to cope with an influx of tens of thousands of patients in a matter of weeks.

This crisis forces us to reconsider the role of the state and society in making the right decision.