When a terrorist act occurs there are a number of inevitable events that follow immediately afterwards.…
Author: Phil Gurski
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). Phil is a 32-year veteran of CSE and CSIS and the author of five books on terrorism.
The psychology of terrorism
The field of psychology has taken quite a hit lately. Since the true test of scientific…
Refugees and terrorism
The photo has already become iconic. The picture of the little Kurdish boy lying face down…
What to do with “former” terrorists?
When our security and law enforcement agencies do their jobs when it comes to terrorism, violent…
Choosing between the letter and the spirit of the law
We make laws to reflect our values and to protect ourselves from those that would undermine…
Not very intelligent – part two
In an earlier blog post I spoke of the dangers of allowing intelligence analysis to be…
The “knows” have it
In what seems likes eons ago, former US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld once provided his…
Trains, planes and automobiles
So this guy gets on a train traveling from Brussels to Paris, pulls out a couple…
Signs of the times
Another group of young people disappears and ends up in Syria. Another set of families devastated.…
Looking in the mirror
Canadians remember the 1988 Seoul Olympics when “our” sprinter Ben Johnson won gold in the 100-metre…