A former Canadian soldier and reservist wrote fiction and non-fiction on Afghanistan and went on to create a new publishing house on military and security
The Canadian government appears to be incapable of making good decisions on where to buy sensitive technology, electing to deal with countries which are not our friends
How is it that the Canadian government is not taking seriously enough the presence of PRC ‘police stations’ on our soil?
India is a multiethnic country with a huge Muslim minority: is that minority at risk of violence by Hindu extremists?
Can we predict who becomes a terrorist and why? That is what some risk assessment tools claim – are they accurate?
You would think a country’s leader would have a good idea what its intelligence agencies have authority to do. Then again, this is Canada we are talking about.
Intelligence agencies work hard to provide the best advice possible to senior government leaders: you would think these mandarins would at least read what they send.
We constantly hear or read that this or that terrorist group has been “defeated”: how much stock should we place in such reports (hint: very little)
Are terrorism trends as seen in 2022 likely to shift in 2023? No: jihadis will mostly likely dominate the ideological violent landscape in next year.
Foregone conclusions on the nature of violent events without any basis in established facts help no one and lead to unnecessary panic