Canadian Intelligence Eh! – Episode 162: Why are we still over-reacting to terrorist threats, this time when it comes to the far right?
About my guest
Mia Bloom is an International Security Fellow at New America and Professor of communication and Middle East Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta and specialises in violence and extremism. She conducts research in Europe, the Middle East and South Asia and speaks eight languages. Bloom is the author of six books and 80 articles on violent extremism including the upcoming Veiled Threats: Women and Jihad, to be published in 2023 by Cornell University Press.
Canadian Intelligence Eh
In a world of multiple voices and opinions it can be very hard to know where to turn. One choice is to look to those who actually worked in counter-terrorism in the national security world. In these half-hour podcasts, 30-year Canadian intelligence veteran Phil Gurski is joined by a fascinating array of individuals with something meaningful to say about these issues as they provide insight into what they mean and what we need to do about them.
About Phil Gurski
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Distinguished Fellow in National Security at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specialising in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation. He is the author of six books on terrorism, including the forthcoming second edition of The Peaceable Kingdom: A history of terrorism in Canada from Confederation to the present, to be published by Double Dagger in February 2023.
One reply on “Are we guilty of ‘panic porn’ when it comes to RWE?”
Sometimes no:
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-5-charged-with-treason-in-suspected-terror-plot/a-64490289
“The suspects are accused of planning to attack power infrastructure to cause a nationwide blackout, and then abduct the health minister; killing his bodyguards if necessary. According to the prosecutor’s statement, the group had accepted that the plans could involve the loss of lives.”