–The United Kingdom will be hosting a summit of foreign and development ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations and from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Liverpool next month. The summit, slated to take place from Dec. 10 to Dec. 12, aims to address issues including economic resilience post-COVID-19, global health, and human rights, according to the UK Foreign Office on Nov. 22. This will be this year’s second in-person meeting of G7 foreign ministers, following May’s meeting in London. The attendance builds on the May meeting, which included representatives from Australia, India, South Korea, and South Africa. Among the ASEAN Foreign Ministers expected to attend are those from Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia, marking the first inclusion of ASEAN countries at a G7 foreign ministers’ summit as a demonstration of “the UK’s growing Indo-Pacific tilt”. Britain holds the rotating presidency of the G7 in 2021 …