Despite rumours of its interest in the purchase of a large English football club, Saudi Arabia’s geopolitical security and its preference for domestic investment make a foreign takeover unlikely, Simon Chadwick writes.

While Big Ben didn’t bong for Brexit after all, on 31 January, Britain rang in a new era. On this special Democracy Sausage Second Serve, Mark Kenny chats with Dr Rob Manwaring from Flinders University about the road ahead for Britain.

The United States cannot rely upon products that originate in, or supply chains that run through, a potential adversary, Bashar Malkawi writes.

With China’s agri-food companies going global and increasingly pursuing new mercantilist strategies in the agri-food sector, policymakers must consider the implications of a multipolar global economy on food security, Paul Belesky writes.

This live blog has now finished. For more on Australia's bushfires, visit our In Focus section.

In the face of disaster, misinformation can move quickly, and solutions can be hard to come by. As part of our mission to bring you relevant, fact-based, policy-focused debate on crucial issues, over the coming weeks Policy Forum will cover analysis and opinion on Australia’s bushfires.

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