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Boris Johnson’s pledges to improve the NHS have yet to be backed by practical detail

FUNDING Huawei concerns The University of Oxford, UK, will stop seeking research funding from the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, in light of \"public concerns raised in recent months surrounding UK partnerships\" with the company, the university said. Since late 2018, Huawei, headquartered in Shenzhen, has been under mounting scrutiny from international governments over security concerns relating to its devices and involvement in nations' telecommunications networks. In November, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, created by the US Congress, warned that the Chinese government's strong influence over Chinese companies means that it could force them to modify products to fail, facilitate corporate espionage or compromise the confidentiality of equipment. TREND WATCH A growing number of biologists are posting their papers to a major preprint server before publishing in peer-reviewed journals, according to an analysis of the 37,648 preprints posted on bioRxiv in its first 5 years.Both uploads and downloads of preprints in the biological sciences are at a record high, according to the analysis - which was itself posted on bioRxiv on 13 January (R. J. Abdill and R. Blekhman Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi. org/10.1101/515643; 2019).

Decreased oil prices and an expanded budget deficit led the government to sell $1.5 billion in bonds, the second public debt issue of the year. The country's decision to raise returns was also due to rising investor concerns throughout the region amid tensions over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Saudi Arabia's deteriorated international standing led Oman to increase the bond's basis points while the country continued to borrow internationally. Meanwhile, the UK announced the opening of a joint military training base in Oman in an effort to improve cooperation between the two countries. UK defense secretary Gavin Williamson said the joint training base was crucial to counter violent extremism and ensure stability in the region.

Against the backdrop of debates about the UK’s ability to design and implement grand strategy or effective regional strategies, this article examines the nature, coherence and effectiveness of Britain’s recent re-engagement with Southeast Asia. The article makes three main arguments. First, British re-engagement vis-à-vis Southeast Asia has been multi-dimensional in character with an emphasis on defence and economic diplomacy, alongside efforts to achieve a separate new dialogue partnership with ASEAN. Second, the recent notable increase in the Royal Navy’s presence in Southeast Asia and the surrounding region not only reflects the “Global Britain” narrative of Conservative Party policymakers, but also builds on more longstanding security and alliance considerations and institutional support that preceded the June 2016 Brexit referendum. Third, while British strategizing and policies may in the longer term yield the outcomes the UK wants, the effectiveness of the country’s re-engagement for now is to some extent in question. In particular, UK policymakers and officials continue to struggle in taking forward and convincingly communicating an integrated and aligned strategy vis-à-vis Southeast Asia that is embedded in a wider regional approach.