I am thrilled to be part of the upcoming terrorism and group-based violence workshop at the Canadian Police College along with my friends Paul Gill from UCL and Stephen Hart from SFU!
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.
On January 7, 1973, former Black Panther member Mark Essex went on a shooting spree in New Orleans in retaliation for police killings at a Howard Johnsons hotel.
The decision to take Soleimani out points to a fundamental U.S. lack of understanding of the current terrorism threat and will lead to more, not fewer, deaths.
On January 6, 2014, a massacre took place in a village in Nigeria’s Plateau State. Thirty-three people were slaughtered by men wielding guns and machetes.
We know that terrorist attacks can inspire others to act in similar ways but sometimes it is hard to tell if a given action is indeed terrorist in nature.
The assassination of IRGC General Soleimani in a US airstrike will make terrorism worse, not better, and takes our eye off a larger threat: Sunni terrorism.
The Philippines has been the unwanted stage for many terrorist groups over the decades, including Islamist ones.
Listen to this episode to find out what bothers me about the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
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Quick Hits 9 – Mental Illness
Is there a link between mental illness and terrorism? Yes, sometimes, but not as often as you would think.
Terrorism is a subject of interest like many others but what does the academic study of it really tell us? Not a lot from a practical standpoint.