Quick Hits | Why can’t we call terrorists what they are?
Episode description
Militants, militias, insurgents, sects. These are just some of the terms used to describe what are in reality terrorists. Why the variation? Borealis weighs in on the terminology used to talk about terrorists.
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.
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