Both violence in general and terrorist violence in particular are declining but most people seem to consider these facts counterintuitive.
Author: Phil Gurski
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. Phil is a 32-year veteran of CSE and CSIS and the author of six books on terrorism.
The so-called Allied Democratic Forces abducted and killed civilians in eastern DRC in early November 2018
When two people are killed and five wounded by a man with a sword in Quebec City many assume it must be terrorism. But is it?
ISIS terrorists shot dead 52 people in a public school in Mosul in November 2016 during the ‘Battle of Mosul.
Members of a German right wing terrorist group threw firebombs into a refugee centre in Freital in November 2015, injuring one.
How easy is it to tell whether a ‘former’ terrorist is no longer one?
IS in the Sinai claimed the bombing of an Egyptian airliner that resulted in the deaths of all 225 passengers in October 2015.
The Five Eyes alliance has served the current partners well by giving them an expanded intelligence base. This benefit is enhanced by the opportunity for professional discussions amongst intelligence partner agencies.
One person was killed and three wounded in Boer extremist bombings in Soweto, South Africa in October 2002.
In the wake of heavy criticism by Muslim leaders over French President Macron’s comments about Islam, all fingers are pointed at France as the problem. Is it, or is the Muslim world in crisis?