Even if we cannot agree on what 'terrorism' is, we should be able to agree on…
Author: Phil Gurski
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). Phil is a 32-year veteran of CSE and CSIS and the author of five books on terrorism.
December 2, 2004: Killing of Buddhist teacher in southern Thailand
A Buddhist teacher was gunned down by so-called 'southern separatists' in Thailand in December 2004 in…
Eric Schmitt: Covering the terrorism beat for the New York Times
So, what is it like to cover terrorism for one of the world's leading dailies? In…
How does assassinating an Iranian nuclear scientist make us safer?
If one nation decides to unilaterally take out another's citizen what stops the desire for legitimate…
December 1, 2017: Terrorist shooting in Pakistan
Burqa-clad Islamist terrorists attacked an agriculture institute in Peshawar, Pakistan in December 2017, killing nine and…
Is it really time to take resources away from jihadi terrorists and move them to the far-right?
We need, or so many say, to shift out resources away from the jihadis we have…
November 30, 1989: Red Army Faction assassination of German banker
The Red Army Fraction (aka the Baader-Meinhof gang) assassinated a German banker in November 1989
November 29, 2019: ISIS stabbing on London Bridge
Two people were killed and three injured by a knife-wielding man near London Bridge in November…
The damned if you do damned if you don’t nature of military counter terrorism ops
Our focus on sending armed forces to confront Islamist terrorists is understandable but the outcome is…
November 28, 2016: Car ramming in Ohio
An ISIS-inspired man drove a car into a crowd on the grounds of Ohio State University,…