House of Commons Defence Sub Committee publishes HSC evidence on Arctic affairs.

jn Japan's options going forward in dealing with belligerent neighbour North Korea.

Despite the hopes of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, this month’s elections in the country failed to produce a decisive outcome. However, one major aspect of Australian government policy that is unlikely to be significantly impacted upon by the absence of a strong government is the nation’s approach to security and defence.

The Pentagon must be granted sufficient funding to simultaneously fight today’s wars, prepare for contingences, fund modernisation and invest for the long term. But dysfunctional Washington politics stand in the way.

While a significant number of details are still to be clarified, the path laid out by SDSR 2015 should be able to begin to restore the UK’s hard-power capabilities and standing. Although Britain may not quite be back, it is back from the brink.

The HSC is pleased to announce the publication of its report into the security and defence threats facing the UK.

Last week, the Japanese cabinet undertook a significant shift in their country’s defence policy, by agreeing to reinterpret the constitutional limits on the use of force in a less strict manner. The new understanding of the restrictions of Article 9 now allow for Japanese “collective self-defense” as well as military intervention to protect its treaty allies.