Dr Patrick Bury is a Reader (Senior Associate Professor) in Security at the PoLIS department, specialising in warfare and counter-terrorism. He has over 20 years’ experience of working in the security sector as a practitioner, analyst and academic. A former British army Captain and NATO analyst, he has appeared regularly on BBC News, BBC World, Sky News, France 24, Euronews, Al-Jazeera, Alsharq, CBC, BBC Hardtalk, BBC 5 Live, RTE News, TalkTV, TodayFM, Newstalk, LBC and is a regular contributor to British and Irish national and regional radio. He has written regularly for The Irish Times, and The Guardian and The Independent, amongst others, and his analysis has appeared in major global outlets including New Scientist. He is available for comment on the conduct of Russia’s war on Ukraine, international security including Taiwan, and counter-terrorism.