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The Week in Terrorism: March 4-10, 2024

Another week of Islamist attacks in Africa, the Middle East and Asia and, you guessed it, not a single RWE attack – again

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Recent Attacks in Canada Highlight Need for More Openness on National Security

While frustrating, we have to allow time for investigations to establish motive for attacks before jumping to conclusions: why don’t politicians get this?

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The Week in Terrorism: February 19-25, 2024

More than 70 people killed in terrorist attacks this week, the vast majority at the hands of jihadis: again not one single right wing attack anywhere

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

When a country is a perpetrator AND victim of terrorism

Terrorists are equal opportunity actors as a rule and this means that they may also target those who otherwise sponsor terrorist groups

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The Week in Terrorism: February 5-11, 2024

This blog is an attempt to track terrorist attacks worldwide on a weekly basis. While recognising the challenges in defining ‘terrorism’, the incidents listed here will be limited to attacks committed – or claimed – by known terrorist groups (Al Qaeda, Islamic State, FARC, etc.) or those where there is a clear underlying ideological, religious […]

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The Week in Terrorism: January 29-February 4, 2024

Islamist terrorists once again dominate globally in Africa, Asia and even Europe: nary a single far right attack or any other motivation

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The Terrorism Dog That Didn’t Bite: A Look Back at Violent Extremism in 2023

Predictions of a ‘rise’ in far right terrorism have been making the rounds for several years and been found wanting: is it time to admit that jihadis still rule the terrorism roost?

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The week in terrorism: January 15-21, 2024

War in Gaza continues to foment terrorism in the Middle East while Al Shabaab reminds us that it will attack nations which participate in counter terrorism ops abroad

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The week in terrorism: January 8-14, 2024

Global terrorism trends showed no change in the second week of January with jihadi violence again dominant and no sign of far right attacks

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Quick Hits

Can the word of a terrorist group be taken at face value?

When trying to decide what information to rely upon in the aftermath of terrorist attacks the word of terrorists themselves should be ignored.