As Britain comes to grips with a series of (largely self-inflicted) political traumas, the country’s security focus is becoming increasingly rationalised around its NATO commitments. Whilst they were conceived of in a different era, the Queen Elizabeth-class have the potential – if properly supported – to greatly aid this mission.

The HSC's Director argues that we don’t want to look back a decade from now and wonder how we lost the Kurds.

The US, Japan, and South Korea would greatly benefit from Washington, Tokyo, and Seoul taking a more direct approach to constraining Pyongyang. Only by relying less on Beijing can progress hoped to be made in forcing policy changes in North Korea.

The Bulgaria-Macedonia friendship treaty does not mean that Sofia and Skopje no longer have any differences, but it does demonstrate that compromise is the way forward. It is high time that other nations in the region followed suit.

Julie Lenarz writes for The Daily Telegraph in the aftermath of the Barcelona attack

Julie Lenarz, Senior Advisor at The Israel Project and Director at The Human Security Centre talks to ABC about the motivation behind the attack.

Julie Lenarz, Senior Advisor at The Israel Project and Director at The Human Security Centre discusses security measures post-Barcelona attack on LBC.

China’s announced increase in its defense budget for 2017, only seven percent growth compared to double-digit increases over much of the last two decades, attests to the shifting landscape in Chinese defense strategy and force structure. It also reflects the domestic challenges the country faces.

15th July has been declared an annual holiday called Democracy and National Unity Day – two attributes Turkey desperately needs, but shows no signs of at the moment. The events of the past year show that the failed coup was also a failed opportunity.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Isil, is dead. Or is he? The truth is we do not really know.