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I must admit I am getting tired of seeing nation states repeat the same mistakes they made previously in counter terrorism policy. I suppose the only saving grace is that the officials making these errors are sometimes not the same ones who made the errors initially, but can’t they learn from previous ill-considered policies? […]
Whenever a terrorist attack happens and innocent lives are lost we get a typical litany of accusations. The attackers were evil. Their act was heinous. They are inhuman. Sometimes the terrorists are called cowards. Contrast this with how the terrorists refer to themselves. Mujahideen. Jaysh al Islam (Army of Islam). Ansar Muhammad (companions of the […]
There is no question that in the war of ideas between us and the terrorists we are not winning, despite the fact that the odds are so much in our favour. Our way of life is so superior to that of the terrorists that this should not really be a contest and I shouldn’t have […]
I have just returned from spending three wonderful days in New York City. Broadway. Central Park. American Museum of Natural History. Bryant Park. The city that never sleeps. And the city that is never far from the attention and aspiration of terrorists. When I used to work in security intelligence it always struck me that […]
At the risk of inviting criticism for leaping in just after the tragic events in Paris last night, before all the facts are in, here are a few thoughts on terrorism and risk. First and foremost, it is important to reject to the degree possible the heinous crimes committed. It is very early still, but […]
The field of psychology has taken quite a hit lately. Since the true test of scientific veracity is replication (if I make a hypothesis about a phenomenon based on an experiment and no one can get the same results based on the same methodology the hypothesis is weak), a recent report that slightly more than […]
Our services Whether you want a fuller understanding of groups such as Islamic State, updates on security situations in the world’s conflict zones or insight into dealing with the terrorist “insider threat”, we can help! Contact Phil Gurski Canadian Intelligence Eh!? Shedding light on a risky world, Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting provide you with […]
It is rare for an intelligence agency to get public credit for what it does or how it does it. It is even rarer for a group of intelligence analysts to be featured in a news story and described as at the forefront of understanding a particular threat. Analysts are like the Steve Carrell character […]
Whenever an act of terrorism occurs in the West there is an immediate flurry of questions and panic. How did this happen? Who was the perpetrator? Why did he (or, more infrequently, she) do it? Where did they get radicalised? Is this another self-radicalised lone wolf (perhaps the most inaccurate label out there)? What do […]
In baseball, a batter that achieves a .300 average (i.e. 3 hits in every 10 tries) is considered a success. A goaltender with a save percentage of over .900 (meaning he saves nine out of every ten shots he faced) is considered good. Other professions undoubtedly have their own measures of success. So why is […]