On January 17, 2012 five foreign tourists were killed in Ethiopia in an attack by unknown gunmen in the northern Afar region.
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.
Three young men from a non-descript southern Ontario city ended up fighting for AQ in Africa. What are the chances of that happening?
“Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it”. We are forgetting our history and thus making terrorism worse.
Terrorists want to have the biggest impact possible – so why don’t they attack nuclear plants?
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What will the world of terrorism bring us in 2020? Spoiler alert – more terrorism. In this podcast Borealis looks at terrorist trends this year.
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How do you define terrorism? We may not all agree with what terrorism is, but I wish we could agree on what it isn’t!
Terrorist attacks on Israel and Israeli interests have been going on for decades and show no signs of going away.
Intelligence is an important part of decision making but what happens when the officials using intelligence can’t be trusted?