IS has launched a “considerable recruitment push” focused on women and girls in recent months, according to a comprehensive new report issued Monday by the London-based Human Security Centre (HSC).

There can be little doubt that is falling some way short in its regional security role. In part, this is because the challenge Russia presents is far larger than those faced in the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Libya - Nato's largest previous operations to date.

The HSC’s Executive Director, Julie Lenarz, tells Dotun Adebayo that much more needs to be done to defeat ISIS. “Our current strategy is one of containment, not elimination.”

The HSC’s Executive Director, Julie Lenarz, reflects on the Defence Committee’s report calling for greater involvement in fight against ISIS.

A report by MPs finds the UK is contributing less than its partners and the British military lacks a strategy for defeating ISIS.  

Julie Lenarz, the Executive Director of the Human Security Centre, is quoted in the IB Times on terror financing. Terrorism is funded in large part by the illicit industries, with the money made from things like drugs and human trafficking ...

Julie Lenarz, the Executive Director of the Human Security Centre, reacts to yesterday’s terrorist attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem.  What happened in Jerusalem yesterday was a crime of unspeakable cruelty and barbarous depravity. It was not just a normal terrorist ...

Julie Lenarz, Executive Director of the Human Security Centre, and Simon Jenkins, the author and journalist debate British military action in Iraq on Channel 4 News with Jon Snow.

On 16th September, 2014, the HSC’s Executive Director, Julie Lenarz, was asked to comment on the situation in Iraq by the Evening Standard. “We welcome the Prime Minister’s announcement that the government will take whatever steps necessary to confront ISIS. ...