There is little doubt that Islamic State is under tremendous pressure in Iraq and Syria. Kinetic action carried out by airstrikes and ground forces have whittled away at the group and and the same time the group’s sources of financing are being targeted. The size of its so-called “Caliphate” is smaller than it was and […]
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Tens of thousands of Western citizens left their homes to join terrorist groups abroad such as Al Qaeda and ISIS. Borealis talks to David Malet, who has looked at this issue at great length.
Recent weeks have borne witness to many stories and analyses about the problem of ‘foreign terrorist fighters’ and what to do about them. Those who are holding these terrorists are asking host nations to repatriate them and prosecute them at home. The responses to these requests vary from ‘hell no, we don’t want them back’ to […]
What should Canada do about foreign fighters? What obligations do we have to those incarcerated abroad? What threat do these terrorists pose to our society?
While diasporas benefit from access to media in their native language these vehicles can be exploited by foreign states to manipulate opinion.
Iran has engaged in nastiness for decades, including support for terrorist groups. What kind of influence does it exert on expats in Canada?
Many pundits remarked that we saw neither hide nor hair of anything related to national security or foreign policy in the platforms of any of the main parties during the election campaign.
Trinidad may not be at the top of anyone’s list when it comes to terrorism: you might want to think again.
This piece appeared on ICCT International Center for Counter-Terrorism on 21 Feb 2019 Over the past few weeks, there have been multiple news items centring on the problem of what to do with terrorist fighters that have been captured by a variety of actors in Syria and Iraq in the battle to destroy Islamic State […]
This piece appeared in The Hill Times on November 12, 2018. Australia and Canada are very similar countries in many ways. Both former British colonies, both (relatively) open to immigration, both members of the 5 eyes intelligence community. I have visited Australia on many occasions and I must admit that I always feel at home […]