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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

What is Hizb-ut-Tahrir and why did the UK list it as a terrorist organisation?

You would think that a government would list terrorist groups for specific reasons (prosecution among them). Is it as easy as all that?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Afghanistan under the Taliban (again!): what are our concerns?

Afghanistan is now again under the medieval reign of the Taliban: what does this mean for the country and the region?

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Perspectives

We Mustn’t Forget What Triggered the War on Terrorists in Gaza

Calling for a ceasefire in Gaza has merit but we must also recognise there would be no war in the first place if Hamas were not there

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Why foreign HUMINT collection should be left to the professionals

In the post 9/11 period a lot of agencies wanted to hone in on the collection of security intelligence: did Canada make a mistake in letting the foreign ministry do so?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Perspectives

How can academe help us to understand terrorism?

How do academics and practitioners in countering terrorism get along and what are the challenges?

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Quick Hits

Spying is not for amateurs

A decision to collect intelligence from human sources abroad on security matters needs to be carefully thought out and not done flippantly

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Perspectives

Did India send a hit squad to kill an alleged Sikh terrorist in Canada?

Nations cannot be permitted to send ‘hit squads’ to other nations to kill dissidents: is India part of this club?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Canada’s security service is the most over-regulated one in the Western world

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?

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Perspectives

When it comes to the Trudeaus and intelligence activities, like father do unlike son

Trudeau the father and Trudeau the son could not have been more different when it comes to dealing with national security threats to Canada

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Perspectives

When Dictatorships Are in Doubt They Call Their Citizens ‘Terrorists’

In today’s world governments resort to slapping the ‘terrorism’ label on all kinds of things and people that have nothing to do with terrorism.