On this day in 2006, members of Abu Sayyaf knocked on the door of a farm in the Philippines province of Mindanao and opened fire on Christian residents.
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ISIS has a new leader – does it matter? Can society function if everyone is on the same level? Where would be without leaders?
On this day in 2004, two suicide bombers wearing explosives targeted the headquarters of Iraq’s two leading Kurdish political parties.
About Us Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. He worked as a senior strategic analyst at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation. He is the author of six previous books on terrorism. Phil Gurski is the President and […]
Tunisia is often seen as a role model for the Arab world: the reality is very different indeed.
When all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail. It is time to expand the toolbox.
There are a lot of tools in the anti-terrorism kit but we need to evaluate them all and perhaps get rid of some. This piece appeared in The Hill Times on January 02, 2020. You have to pity Adam Ahmad, the 10-year old boy who finds himself on Canada’s ‘no-fly list’. This counter terrorism tool, more informally […]
Terrorists attack tourist resorts for obvious reasons: it is a way to target Westerners and undermine a nation’s economy.
We know that terrorist attacks can inspire others to act in similar ways but sometimes it is hard to tell if a given action is indeed terrorist in nature.
The Philippines has been the unwanted stage for many terrorist groups over the decades, including Islamist ones.