Running an intelligence agency is not an average job one would imagine: what was it like to do so in Canada in the post Cold War/9/11 era?
Category: Canadian Intelligence Eh!
What is happening in the world of terrorism, as seen through the eyes of a former intelligence analyst.
In this podcast, retired Canadian intelligence analyst Phil Gurski discusses the subject of terrorism: what it is (and isn’t), trends, developments and more. Author of six books on terrorism, Phil is not shy to wade into controversial matters and provide his perspective honed from more than three decades in intelligence.
Several nations, especially in Africa, have engaged the Russia-based Wagner Group to do counter-terrorism ops. A good idea?
It is one thing for governments to tell their spies what they want to know: it is quite another for the former to do the latter’s job.
Afghanistan has been in a lot of trouble for a very long time and now the Taliban are back in power. How much worse can things get?
The tragedy of the Rohingya in northwestern Myanmar has led to resistance, including the rise of an Islamist terrorist group
In an age where many think law enforcement can do nothing right it is well worth reflecting on those that do – the RCMP at 150
We live in an era of information overload but this does not mean we are sharing what we need to, especially when it comes to public safety
We all learned as children how to share and sharing makes us all better off. What about intelligence? How much should we give and take with other nations?
Squeamishness over terms like Islamist or jihadi terrorism appears to have led some to ban the term from official documents – is this a good move?
The nexus between the national security world and that of fiction (movies and books) is an interesting one – what are the challenges?