Predictions of a ‘rise’ in far right terrorism have been making the rounds for several years and been found wanting: is it time to admit that jihadis still rule the terrorism roost?
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Canadians expect their leaders to stand up against terrorism, not engage in philosophical speeches about ‘yelling fire in a crowded theatre’ in the aftermath of an attack.
So what happens when extremists show up to deradicalisation events seeking to recruit those being helped?
Borealis talks with US terrorism scholar Bruce Hoffman, who has been studying violent extremism for more than four decades and is seen as one of the world’s foremost specialists.
We all know that the Internet and social media, that wonderful technology that burst onto the scene, and which seems to burst more and more every day, with such promise and excitement has also spawned a darker side, a piece that is nasty and brutish and which is contributing to hatred, intolerance and, in the […]
There is a lot of debate these days about what is more important when it comes to terrorism: Islamist extremism (i.e. jihadis) or right wing extremists. The truth is that both pose a threat but which one is scarier depends on what part of the world you are talking about. In the US it is […]
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The white face of violent extremism
As readers of my blog and books will well know I consider myself, and am considered by some, an expert (I prefer specialist) in terrorism. More specifically Islamist extremism as that scourge was the topic of my four books thus far as well as my career at CSIS. Indeed, I have studied many aspects of […]
I, and many others, have often been criticised for using the term Islamist terrorism or Islamist violent extremism. My critics have accused me of conflating Islam and terrorism and giving fodder to all the bigots and idiots out there that really do believe there is an intrinsic link between the faith of a billion and […]
As if the recently terminated (and interminable) US Presidential election campaign wasn’t bad enough, right on cue at least two terrorist groups have threatened to carry out attacks to disrupt it. The first out of the box was apparently Al Qaeda, at least according to US officials, who warned about non-specific plots in New York […]
You have all heard of the butterfly effect, right? The idea that a very small event can have enormous implications well beyond its initial parametres. The official definition, courtesy of Wikipedia, is “the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large […]