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Phil in the media Podcast

The war on terror in Afghanisatan: Lessons in counterterrorism policy

Phil was invited to the Realpolitik podcast. Listen to this chat on the war on terror and lessons in counterterrorism policy

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Perspectives

Is all fair in love and counterterrorism?

How far do we expect or allow national security agencies to go in stopping violent extremism?

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Podcast Spies Like Us

For the sake of the FBI and the US, Patel should ‘kash’ out

SLU Season 3 Episode 11: “Bongo and Kash” – the buddy cop film with low ratings While Al is AWOL – didn’t he just get back from vacation? – Neil and Phil fill (!) in ably and are joined by former FBI Agent Lauren Anderson to talk about what the heck if happening at the […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Is Trump bringing the US back to Afghanistan?

Episode 295 – Afghanistan is not known as the ‘graveyard of empires’ for nothing After 9/11, the US, Canada and many other nations sent troops to Afghanistan to find and punish Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden and bring ‘democracy’ to the country. Thousands of casualties – on both sides – later, the US pulled […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Has the Philippines really defeated ‘jihadism’?

Episode 289 – One nation’s success against Islamist extremism could serve as a model The Philippines has long been beset by jihadi groups such as the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Front (BIFF) and the one bunch with the unintended acronym MILF – the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Of late, one does […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

How US gun culture threatens international public safety

Episode 285 – Why are people seeing the US as an example to follow when it comes to gun violence? You cannot go a day, it seems, without a mass shooting in the US. Far too many deaths and injuries have been caused so much that the leading cause of death for people between one […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

The terrorists’ who’s who in Africa

Episode 256 – Why is Africa rife with jihadi groups? Last year the Global Terrorism Index for the first time put an African nation, Burkina Faso, at the top of its list of terrorist attacks. A phenomenon most associate with the Middle East (and West Asia: think Pakistan and Afghanistan) is now increasingly dominated by […]

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Perspectives

It Would Be a Mistake to Label Syria an Ex-terrorist Haven Just Yet

This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on December 9, 2024. Assad is gone from Syria. Hip hip hooray. Actually, let’s wait a minute before celebrating. Any time a dictator who has abused his nation’s citizens—jailing them, torturing them, and even using chemical weapons against them—is forced to flee has to be a […]

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Do we have to witness a terrorist attack before Canada takes immigration screening seriously?

Immigration Without Proper Screening Is Opening the Door to Security Threats in Canada

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Is terrorism becoming ‘socialised’ in Canada?

Is Canada putting too much under the terrorism rubric with serious consequences for trying to stop it?