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Air India Flight 182 bombing (June 23, 1985)

On this day in 1985, Sikh extremists perpetrated the single greatest terrorist act in history when they placed a bomb on an Air India flight, killing 329.

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Incel violence is not terrorism… at least not yet

It is simply too early to label incel violence ‘terrorism’ and we have other legal tools to deal with this hateful, misogynist phenomenon.

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35 killed and 300 wounded by car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan (May 17, 1974)

The May 1974 car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan demonstrated that the IRA was not the only violent actor: the UVF was equally violent.

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31 students killed and 70 injured in the Ma’alot massacre (May 15, 1974)

On this day in 1974, three PFLP terrorists took over 100 students hostage at a school in Ma’alot and killed 31 when security forces attempted a rescue.

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Surveillance and COVID-19: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

How can Western democratic states use surveillance technology to monitor who has COVID-19 and still respect privacy laws?

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No, Canada should not be selling arms to Saudi Arabia!

Canada should not sell arms to Saudi Arabia in light of the Kingdom’s human rights violations and brutal killing of Jamal Kashoggi.

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When will the government wake up about China?

Canada is still considering Huawei as a supplier of 5G, despite the opposition of some of our allies, including the U.S. Should the Trudeau government choose Huawei, there could be real implications for intelligence sharing.

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The gnawing question of when to release terrorists from custody

There is no such thing as zero-risk: we need to have systems in place to measure danger as best we can.

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Can we talk with terrorists?

Sometimes we have to do things we really would rather not: negotiating with terrorists may be one of them.

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What to do with terrorist prisoners

Last November, Usman Khan, carried out an attack in central London that left two people dead. Should we or can we keep him behind bars forever?