Content removal by social media companies, as recently implied by Scott Morrison, is not the solution to countering online violent extremism. Instead, policymakers must consider ways to further engage the public in decision-making processes as a means to restore their faith in the political system, Isaac Kfir writes.

On this episode of the National Security Podcast, Jean-Marie Guéhenno gives us an insight into how nations will evolve in the face of technological changes, and what that means for national security across the world.

The press must be able to protect its sources when it does draw on leaks and whistleblowers. We should be cautious about exempting national security leaks from those protections, Andrew Podger writes.

Is there more to the US/China trade war and Huawei ban than meets the eye? Has Donald Trump started a fire in Iran that can’t be put out? And does the US National Security and Defence Strategies paper indicate where America stands in the world today? 

Despite the deep economic and social wounds that organised crime has inflicted on Australia, the country’s people seem oblivious to the seriousness of the threat, John Coyne writes.

Rethinking Australia’s defence strategy is welcome but not enough to meet the challenges facing the country. Increases in research and development, education, and developing better civilian capability should match any increase in defence spending, Lesley Seebeck writes.