BRISBANE — As more developed countries begin to feel as though they have made it to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis, two striking realities are coming into view.

BRISBANE — Almost one-quarter of humanity lives on the Indian subcontinent. That fact is easily forgotten elsewhere, as world leaders focus on combating outbreaks of COVID-19 and its new variants within their own countries.

SUNSHINE COAST — At the start of the year, when COVID-19 was ravaging Wuhan, China, and beginning to envelop the West, I warned that the crisis would likely be replicated across much of the developing world, with significant long-term consequences for us all.

SUNSHINE COAST — The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the importance of access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene. As we all know now, hand washing is one of the best frontline defenses against the virus.

NEW YORK — I was recently walking along East 29th Street in Manhattan, after visiting a friend at Bellevue Hospital, when I was roused from my thoughts by a middle-aged white male screaming at an old Chinese man, “Get the fuck out of my country, you piece of Chinese s***!” The ol

NEW YORK — Few countries have such a fundamental interest in addressing climate change as Australia.

NEW YORK — Throughout 2018, much of Asia has been shaken by the new and increasingly unpredictable dynamics in Sino-American relations.

NEW YORK — The contrast between the disarray in the West, on open display at the NATO summit and at last month’s G-7 meeting in Canada, and China’s mounting international self-confidence is growing clearer by the day.

As the existing international order becomes more fragmented, strong global-governance institutions are crucial for addressing the world’s strategic, economic and sustainability challenges. And yet, rarely have our existing institutions — including, above all, the United Nati