In this podcast, national security analyst Shawn MacWha and intelligence analyst Phil Gurski simulate a nuclear war between Russia and China.
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On this day in 1905 Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich was targeted for assassination by Russian revolutionaries.
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Quick Hits 5 – China and Russia
Two recent stories about Chinese and Russian activities in Canada raise real questions about how concerned our government is about national security. Have a listen!
Counter terrorism takes all kinds of forms. Sometimes the only recourse is to use lethal force.
Episode 356 – We do NOT need more terrorist group listings! In its never-ending quest to spread the terrorist listing wealth, the Trump Administration has made some odd moves of late. First, there was the decision to call drug cartels ‘terrorists’, despite the unfortunate reality that they are not terrorist groups but rather criminal organisations. […]
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Lions and tigers and bears…FBI!
Season 4 Episode 1 – FBI go beast mode After a summer hiatus, the retired spies are back! Al, Neil and Phil shake off the dust and dive right back in to discuss national security issues amid good-natured (?) banter. From the FBI’s new ?policy? on bestiality, to the final (!) creation of the Foreign […]
Episode 348 – Twenty years in Afghanistan and the Taliban are back in power I am not a military specialist but I am aware of the great Prussian strategist Carl von Clausewitz. Among his many famous statements were this gem: “War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action is […]
Episode 347 – Alberta’s separation referendum is being targeted by both Russia and the US Just when you think you have heard enough about foreign interference in Canada something else pops up. This time, it is not about diaspora harassment or “police stations”, but whether Alberta will vote in a referendum to leave Canada. As […]
Episode 278 – We all make mistakes, even spooks. Humans are fallible: that we know. One hopes that those in specialised trades – doctors, lawyers, etc. – get more things right than wrong. If not, it is a legitimate question: should they be in those professions? What about intelligence agencies? Should they have perfect records […]
Quick Hits Episode 276 – Is the Alberta referendum on separation open to influence from outside powers or not? Canada is sorrily used to talk of separation. We went through two referendums (referenda? neverendums?) on Quebec independence in the 1980s and 1990s and are now faced with a possible vote to split in Alberta. That […]