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- QH #123 | Nashville explosion: Do conspiracy theories constitute an 'ideology'?
In the wake of information that the Christmas Day Nashville bomber believed in conspiracy theories, including the conviction that world leaders are actually extraterrestrial 'lizard people', does this now make his act one of terrorism? Borealis weighs in on this new info and whether the bomber was treated differently because he was white.
Read more on this topic:
►Nashville explosion: Just what do we mean by ‘terrorism’? | Phil Gurski
►The Nashville explosion is looking more and more like a spectacular suicide, not an act of terrorism | Phil Gurski
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About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil 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.
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]13 min - QH #122 | The Nashville explosion is looking more and more like a spectacular suicide, not an act of terrorism
As we impatiently wait for more details on what happened in Nashville on Christmas Day we are now aware that the perpetrator said the world would never forget him. Does that make him a terrorist? Probably not.
Borealis looks at serious acts of violence, including 'suicide bombings', that are not terrorist in nature.
Mentionned articles:- Sometimes an explosion is just an explosion by Phil Gurski
- What we know about the 63-year-old Nashville bomber on CNN
- simoncottee.org
- Dying Without Killing: Self‐Immolations, 1963–2002 by Diego Gambetta
About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil 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.
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]14 min - QH #121 | Terrorism in 2021: What to expect?
The 2020 Global Terrorism Index had a bit of good news: terrorist deaths are down for the 4th year in a row. Will that continue into 2021? Borealis provides some ideas on what will be making terrorism headlines next year.
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About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil 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.
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]12 min - QH #120 | Nashville bombing: Just what do we mean by 'terrorism'?
The recent explosion in Nashville has been deemed a 'suicide bombing'. Was it? We don't have a motive and we tend to see suicide bombings as acts of terrorism. Are we using the word terrorism consistently?
Borealis looks at ways in which states and individuals twist the term to suit their purposes.
►Subscribe - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/subscribe/
About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil 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.
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]14 min - Mustafa Akyol: Is Islam in crisis? What to do about it?
In the wake of terrorist attacks in France, President Emmanuel Macron said that Islam was 'in crisis'. Not surprisingly, Muslim leaders pushed back, calling for boycotts of French goods. So what is this all about?
Borealis is joined by Mustafa Akyol to look at the nuances of these issues.
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About my guest Mustafa Akyol
Mustafa Akyol is a Turkish journalist and author. SInce the early 2000's, he has been writing regular opinion columns for Turkish publications like Hurriyet Daily News, and recently for the Middle-East focused Al-Monitor.com. Since the fall of 2013, he is also a regular contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil 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.
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]40 min - QH #119 | Muslim states are pissed about cartoons and ok with concentration camps
Many Muslim states went apoplectic when French President said that Islam was in crisis: French flags were burned and boyocotts of French goods were planned. And yet when it comes to what the PRC is doing with the incarceration of up to a million Uyghur Muslims there is no protest among these same states.
What gives? Borealis looks into this odd discrepancy.
►Subscribe - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/subscribe/
About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil 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.
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]12 min - QH #118 | Should we keep jihadis locked up for our own safety?
A Somali ISIS wannabe just stabbed two Australian octogenarians to death. He had been arrested in 2019 for seeking to travel for terrorist purposes but was released for lack of evidence (although his passport was taken).
Now he has killed two innocent people. What is going on here? Borealis takes our judicial system to task.
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►Subscribe - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/subscribe/
About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil 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.
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]10 min - Joshua Krasna: What national security issues keep Israelis awake at night?
Israel has been at the forefront of violence since its creation and this violence once threatened its very existence. What is happening these days in that nation?
Israeli analyst Joshua Krasna joins Borealis to look at these issues.
About my guest Joshua Krasna
Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Program on the Middle East, is an analyst specializing in Middle East political and regional developments and forecasting, as well as in international strategic issues. Find out more about Joshua on my website.About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil 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.
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]41 min - QH #117 | I'm right, you're wrong, GO TO HELL!
Religion is a very personal thing and, for many, very important. That it can make someone a better person is indeed a good thing, but that is not always the case. For some, faith is something to impose on others, and, in some cases, kill for.
Borealis looks at blasphemy accusations and links to religious terrorism.
►Read Blasphemy laws are still common around the world
►Subscribe - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/subscribe/
About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil 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.
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]11 min - QH #116 | Does who we are define what we do?
In the aftermath of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, everyone is asking why Brenton Tarrant did what he did. Was it is violent household? His racist views? His online habits? Was any of this 'predictable'?
Borealis pushes back against the notion that we can detect these events in advance.
►Read The warning signs in the Christchurch terrorist's Australian upbringing
►Read How should security services handle threat information
►Subscribe - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/subscribe/
About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil 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.
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]11 min
About Canadian Intelligence Eh
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Everywhere you look these days terrorism and violent extremism dominate the headlines. Whether you follow what is happening in Afghanistan or Iraq, or in the West writ large, we are inundated with…
news of attacks by groups and individuals fighting for a 'cause'.In a world of multiple voices and opinions it can be very hard to know where to turn. One choice is to look to those who actually worked in counterterrorism in the national security world. In these half-hour podcasts 30-year Canadian intelligence veteran Phil Gurski is joined by a fascinating array of individuals with something meaningful to say about these issues as they provide insight into what they mean and what we need to do about them.
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