The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan – again! – bodes ill both for regional and international terrorism and for women’s and girls’ rights
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.
Terrorism around the globe for the week of August 1-7, 2022: again dominated by Islamist terrorist groups and individuals.
What level of risk are we willing to take when it comes to releasing those convicted of terrorism and who may re-offend?
The accepted narrative in the West these days is that the greatest terrorist threat stems from the far right, no longer jihadis. But does it?
The belief that we should never talk to terrorists under any circumstances gets dicey when we are talking about saving people from starvation.
The death of AQ’s leader Ayman Al Zawahiri is a rare piece of good news in the war on terror but we need to temper our celebration: AQ lives on.
What happened in the world of terrorism around the globe: week of July 25-31, 2022
A recent US court decision to sentence a Canadian ISIS jihadi to life behind bars highlights the differences in terrorism cases on either side of the 49th parallel.
Terrorism rises from a variety of underlying causes and groups have their highs and lows. But do they ever totally go away – how to deal with them?
The recent 15-month sentence handed down to an ISIS terrorist/ex-Irish soldier is a timely reminder that the West is unprepared to deal with this threat.