Today in terrorism
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Quick Hits podcast
Should we bring back Canadian citizens who have fought for ISIS? | QUICK HITS 29
If you commit a crime in a foreign country that country has the right to arrest, try, convict, and imprison you (or execute you for a capital offence). Why should terrorists be any different?
Is spreading the coronavirus an act of terrorism? | QUICK HITS 28
COVID-19 is scary, very scary. We know that it is spread from person to person. So if a person spreads it deliberately can/should that person be charged with ‘terrorism’?
Terrorist threats during the COVID-19 crisis
Terrorist groups are threatening to carry out terrorism during the COVID-19 crisis. How realistic is this and, more importantly, how afraid should we be in light of terrorist propaganda?
Perspectives
homeland security today
How worried should we be about a bioterrorism attack?
Terrorists want to instill fear and there is nothing scarier than a biological attack. But how realistic is it?
The Hill Times
What role for Canadian intelligence during the COVID-19 crisis?
We see our intelligence sector as there to protect us from threats like terrorism and foreign espionage – what about pandemics?
An intelligent look at terrorism
Podcast 34 – Discussing radicalization with Lorne L. Dawson
Can scholars and security intelligence practitioners work better together? Phil Gurski talks with the University of Waterloo’s religion scholar Lorne Dawson.
Podcast 33 – Who was Abdallah Azzam? A discussion with Norwegian scholar Thomas Hegghammer
What was Abdallah Azzam role in modern Islamist terrorism? Listen to my chat with Norwegian scholar Thomas Hegghammer on his new book on the jihadi ideologue.
Podcast 32 – Talking about terrorism in Tunisia, heart of the democratic ‘Arab Spring’ with Aaron Zelin
The North African nation of Tunisia was one of the largest sources of ISIS foreign fighters. Phil Gurski speaks with Aaron Zelin, author of a new book on jihad in Tunisia to get some insights.
Podcast 31 – Interview with former security intelligence and counter terrorism operative Mubin Shaikh
In 2016, 17 Muslim Canadians had been arrested in a terrorism plot due to a human source/agent named Mubin Shaikh. He joins Phil Gurski to talk about his role and related matters on this podcast.
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