Freedom of speech is very important but it is equally important to not give oxygen to lies. This piece appeared in The Hill Times on January 20, 2020 WE LIVE IN an amazingly fortunate country, don’t we? Sure, there are outstanding issues and problems we must address but when we look at things from 37,000 […]
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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 […]
We really need to stop debating whether the far right or Islamist extremists are more dangerous: both need to be monitored.
Religion as a springboard for violence Christian fundamentalists. Hindu nationalists. Islamic jihadists. Buddhist militants. Jewish extremists. Members of these and other religious groups have committed horrific acts of terrorist violence in recent decades. How is this possible? How do individuals use their religious beliefs to justify such actions? How do they manipulate the language and […]
Terrorists want to have the biggest impact possible – so why don’t they attack nuclear plants?
On this day in 2008 a bomb exploded next to a US Embassy vehicle on a coastal road in Beirut, killing at least three motorists.
How do you define terrorism? We may not all agree with what terrorism is, but I wish we could agree on what it isn’t!
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QUICK HITS 10 – Iranian Missiles
The Iran-US mini-conflict seems to have ebbed – what is really at stake here?
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 […]
Phil Gurski from Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting joins The Morning Rush to break down the latest breaking news from Iran.