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What is happening in the world of terrorism, as seen through the eyes of a former intelligence analyst. Former Canadian intelligence analyst Phil Gurski discusses radicalization and homegrown Al Qaeda/Islamic State/Islamist-inspired extremism.
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Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
In this episode, Pervin tries to find out more about the alleged upcoming terrorist attack in Sweden, pushed by her SAEPO handler. Husam's panic attacks continue and lead to tragic events. Ibbe is still grooming young women in Sweden and appears to be having some success.
How realist is the depiction of ISIS in Caliphate? In this podcast, 30-year intelligence veteran and terrorism specialist Phil Gurski reviews episode 2 of this Netflix series.
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Star Trek fans are known for passion and occasional campy costumes at Trekkie conventions. The series gives us hope that in the not too distant future mass violence is behind us. But is it? There is an awful lot of violence in Star Trek – is it terrorism on occasion?
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Monday May 04, 2020
Monday May 04, 2020
May the 4th is now known as 'Star Wars Day' (a play on 'May the Force be with you'). Star Wars is of course a classic battle of good vs evil, with good winning in the end. But are the good guys (and the bad guys) terrorists? Is the Force a terrorist ideology?
> Check out Phil latest book When Religion Kills: How Extremists Justify Violence Through Faith
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
The Swedish series Caliphate is getting a lot of attention. It is the story of ISIS and a planned attack in Sweden and the local intelligence effort to stop it. Here is an unofficial ‘review’ by a 30-year intelligence veteran and terrorism specialist.
Join Borealis as we walk through each episode and discuss what happened. We will look at how accurate the fictional depiction is, all seen through the lens of a 32-year Canadian intelligence veteran and author of five books on terrorism.
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Ward Elcock was the Director of CSIS from 1994 to 2004 and saw the organisation through 9/11 and its aftermath. He joins Borealis to reflect on his years in security intelligence and where we are going next.
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Ward P.D. Elcock is a Canadian civil servant who served as the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service from 1994 until May 2004. He remains the only Director to have ever served out his entire tenure. He served as the Deputy Minister of National Defence from August 5, 2004 to October 1, 2007.
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.
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> Read Phil's daily blog Today in Terrorism
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
The state has the right to put down violent movements, but what if the cure is worse than the illness?
Over four days in April 2013, more than 330 Iraqis were killed and close to 600 wounded in terrorist attacks and other forms of violence.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2013-massacres-in-iraq
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> Check out Phil latest book When Religion Kills: How Extremists Justify Violence Through Faith
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Being held hostage cannot be a fun time: how about being held hostage for 126 days?
On this day in 2997, a 4-month hostage taking at the Japanese Embassy in Peru ended with the deaths of 14 MRTA Marxist terrorists.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/1997-hostage-taking-in-peru
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> Check out Phil latest book When Religion Kills: How Extremists Justify Violence Through Faith
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Michael Petrou wrote a book back in 2008 on why 1,500 Canadians went to fight in the Spanish Civil War and what concerns their return raised. He joins Borealis to discuss what lessons we can apply to the worries about returning ISIS ‘foreign fighters’.
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Michael Petrou is an historian and journalist. His 2008 book, Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, was described by J. L. Granatstein as “the best and most complete account of Canadians in the Spanish Civil War we are ever likely to get. The Spanish newspaper El Pais called it “beautiful.”
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.
> borealisthreatandrisk.com
> Like this podcast? Check out Phil Gurski's latest books!
> Read Phil's daily blog Today in Terrorism
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Imagine being held by a terrorist group like ISIS and told you had a choice: becoming a sex slave or death.
ISIS massacred 250 women and girls in the Iraqi city of Mosul when they refused to become sex slaves for the terrorist group.
Read more: https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/2016-massacre-by-isis-in-mosul
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> Read Phil's daily blog Today in Terrorism
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> Check out Phil latest book When Religion Kills: How Extremists Justify Violence Through Faith
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
An unspeakable crime has occurred in Nova Scotia with the deaths of 18 people, including an RCMP officer. What do we know about the killer? Was this terrorism? Was it tied to COVID-19? Will we ever find out?
Read latest publication by Phil Gurski: The Nova Scotia massacre – more questions than answers