We use the word ‘culture’ to refer to a mindset or a shared view on things. So why does Canada lack a culture when it comes to the importance of intelligence?
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.
We all learned as children how to share and sharing makes us all better off. What about intelligence? How much should we give and take with other nations?
Secret services are secret for a reason: when they open up to the public it is a good idea to listen to what they have to say
Whistling past the graveyard when faced with bad news – like foreign spying on your soil – is seldom a good strategy
Squeamishness over terms like Islamist or jihadi terrorism appears to have led some to ban the term from official documents – is this a good move?
The nexus between the national security world and that of fiction (movies and books) is an interesting one – what are the challenges?
Canada really needs to up its game when it comes to pushing back against foreign (read: China) interference in our affairs.
In what may seem like an anachronism, blasphemy accusations still can lead to death. Why do current blasphemy campaigns lie almost exclusively within Islamist extremists?
China’s targeting of Canadian federal opposition politicians shows the perils of neglecting intelligence
Do we threats ever really go away? If not, are we dealing with these in appropriate ways at the national security level?