We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our friends and supporters out there good health and good cheer. As one of LSE's top Research Centres, rest assured that we have not given up on our core task of delivering high quality, accessible research on the international situation - more crucial than ever in these testing times. Meanwhile, as a think tank with global reach, we remain in close contact with think tanks around the world in a collective, multilateral effort to shine as much light as we can on the world in these dark times. - Professor Christopher Coker and Professor Michael Cox, Thursday 2 April 2020