My chat with Michael Petrou on Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War – were they ‘foreign fighters’ and did they pose a security threat back home?
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If you commit a crime in a foreign country that country has the right to arrest, try, convict, and imprison you (or execute you for a capital offence). Why should terrorists be any different?
We talk a lot about ideology when it comes to terrorism: sometimes it is a good idea to remind ourselves of the basics.
On this day in 2016, bombings at the Brussels airport and a metro station in the city killed 32 people and wounded many, many more.
The North African nation of Tunisia was one of the largest sources of ISIS foreign fighters. Phil Gurski speaks with Aaron Zelin, author of a new book on jihad in Tunisia to get some insights.
Phil Gurski shares his take on the National Security investigation and the arrest of Ikar Mao, facing terrorism-related offenses after returning from Turkey.
The simple truth is that there are no simple answers on what to do with terrorists: let’s stop pretending there are.
Even if terrorist attacks are rare in Canada, some Canadian extremists do elect to strike abroad. What should we do with them?
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Today in Terrorism: 13 November
The Bataclan theatre attack catapulted ISIS, and more specifically, returning foreign terrorist fighters into the international limelight. I have never witnessed a terrorist attack, let alone been injured in one. I have had to analyse the aftermath of many terrorist attacks and even been a small part of a larger team that helped to prevent […]
Quelles sont les responsabilités du Canada envers ses ressortissants ? Doit-on traiter les enfants différemment des adultes ? Les retournants posent-ils un risque pour la sécurité nationale ? La Presse s’est entretenue avec Phil Gurski, ancien analyste pour le Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité.