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Is the UK Prevent strategy broken?

Prevent is part of the UK’s CVE – countering violent extremism – strategy. Has it come off the rails?

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Policing in Canada – an overview

Policing is a complicated profession and constantly open to criticism, often by those with no policing background. Borealis talks to someone who knows his stuff

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Is it possible that the Somali Islamist terrorist group Al Shabaab is going the way of the dodo?

The Somali government and military have been making bold claims of late that Al Shabaab is on its way out. Is this true?

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Are we guilty of ‘panic porn’ when it comes to RWE?

It is hard to not come across articles these days about the growing threat of RWE. Are these worries justified?

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From service in Afghanistan to a military/security publishing house

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

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What is ‘Hindu extremism’ and how bad is it?

India is a multiethnic country with a huge Muslim minority: is that minority at risk of violence by Hindu extremists?

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Can risk assessment tools really prevent terrorism?

Can we predict who becomes a terrorist and why? That is what some risk assessment tools claim – are they accurate?

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What is it like to work at the pointy end of counter-terrorism?

In a world of so many who see themselves as terrorism ‘experts’ we really should listen to those who have pointy end of the stick experience

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! A journalist’s perspective on terrorism

Spies, cops and soldiers are not the only ones concerned with terrorism – journalists are important actors too. A conversation with the UK’s Tam Hussein

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! The terrorist threat to Morocco

Just how dangerous is the current terrorist threat to Morocco? A conversation with American University in Kuwait’s El Yasmine Hasnaoui.