The 2014 Sydney hostage crisis occurred when a lone gunman, Man Haron Monis, held hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café.
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.
Serge Stroobants and Phil Gurski joins CPAC’s Peter Van Dusen to discuss their newest report on tracking terrorist threats, the 2019 Global Terrorism Index.
On December 14, 1973, the ‘Charles Martel Group’ carried out a bomb attack against the Algerian Consulate in Marseilles, killing four and wounding 23.
It is important to keep threats in perspective and not give in to irrational fear – terrorism included.
The Clerkenwell explosion, also known as the Clerkenwell Outrage, was a bombing in London on 13 December 1867. The Irish Republican Brotherhood exploded a bomb to try to free one of their members being held at Clerkenwell Prison.
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Quick Hits 1 – Pensacola
This new series will take an deep look into a specific recent terrorist attacks. In this episode, Phil analyses the latest events in Pensacola Florida.
With all the focus on jihadis it is important to monitor far right anti-immigrant violence.
Every state has a right and a duty to protect its citizens from terrorism: that right does not extend to genocide. What is a government to do when it comes to acts of political or ideological violence on its soil? The answer is not complicated. Every state has the authority, and I would add the […]
Most terrorists are not very competent and often succeed in killing only themselves.
Is the Joker character played by Joaquin Phoenix in the latest film a terrorist? Did he actually spur a terrorist movement? Listen to this episode to find out!