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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.
Canadian Intelligence Eh
Episode 210 - ISIS never left us, and that is not good news
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Phil Gurski
The atrocities committed by ISIS in the 2010s are legion: massacres, the attempted genocide of the Yazidi people, public executions, sexual slavery, the list goes on and on. And yet, we have been led to believe that ISIS was 'defeated' as of 2019 (ex US President Donald Trump used the phrase 'totally defeated'). Recent acts in many countries, including an attack on a Catholic Church in Istanbul, Turkey claimed by ISIS put this notion in doubt. What is the ISIS threat to the world, and more narrowly to Europe? A conversation with Lorenzo Vidino of the Program on Extremism at The George Washington University.