Borealis Threat & Risk ConsultingPhil 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.
There is an old phrase ‘town and gown’ that refers to the relationship between non-academics and academics. I myself have been accused of being ‘anti-academic’, a charge I refute strongly here.
On this day in 1996, an anti-abortion Christian Identity terrorist killed one and injured over a hundred people with a bomb placed in an Atlanta park.
A recent report states that there are an unprecedented number of terrorists in European prisons. What threat do they pose? What should we do with them?
On this day in 2016, ISIS terrorists stormed a church in France region and took hostages, killing an 84-year old priest before they were shot by police.
Have you ever heard of the ‘wave theory’ of terrorism? Phil Gurski caught up with legendary David Rapoport recently for a fascinating chat. Have a listen!
On July 25, 1947 three Romanian army officers took command of a Tara flight from Bucharest to Craiova. Upon arrival all three were arrested.
Fascinating chat between retired UCLA professor David Rapoport and career CSIS Analyst Phil Gurski about the ‘wave theory’ of terrorism.
On this day in 2016, ISIS burned alive a family, including a 2-year old child, for trying to escape from the so-called Caliphate outside of Kirkuk.
On this day in 2005, an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group known as the Abdallah Azzam Brigades set off bombs in the Egyptian Red Sea resort killing 88.
A report submitted to the UK parliament claims that British, and Western, intelligence agencies cannot combat “online psychological operations from foreign state actors — primarily Russia — aiming to influence Western politics on a mass scale“. Why can’t they? Borealis looks at this in his latest Quick Hit podcast. Britain is abuzz today with news […]