Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting. He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2013, specialising in Al Qaeda/Islamic State-inspired violent extremism and radicalisation. From 1983 to 2001 he was employed as a senior multilingual analyst at Communications Security Establishment, specialising in the Middle East. He also served as senior special advisor in the National Security Directorate at Public Safety Canada from 2013 until his retirement from the civil service in May 2015, and as consultant for the Ontario Provincial Police’s Anti-Terrorism Section (PATS) in 2015. Mr. Gurski has presented on Al Qaeda/Islamic State-inspired violent extremism and radicalisation across Canada and around the world. He is the author of “The Threat from Within: Recognizing Al Qaeda-inspired Radicalization and Terrorism in the West” (Rowman and Littlefield) and “Western Foreign Fighters: the threat to homeland and international security” (Rowman and Littlefield).  An internationally recognized geopolitical and international security consultant, and a distinguished former FBI executive, Lauren A. Anderson served as an advisor to the US Comptroller General. As Global Ambassador with Vital Voices, she is committed to investing in women and youth around the world to prevent conflict, advocate for social justice, and address economic disparities.

“Gurski is conditioned by decades of intelligence operations and analysis, in which matters are viewed on the continuum of human violence and mitigating safety to the public. It reminds us of the other kinds of terrorism of modern time, and the late Prof. Rapoport's 4 Waves of Terrorism is particularly well suited to give us useful categories of Anarchist, Anti Colonial, New Left, and Religious terrorism. This framing acknowledges the context of numerous wars over these decades, in which ideology and grievances mutually reinforce beliefs, particularly among Islamically deviant groups, the Khawarij in particular. Gurski provides not just insight, but wisdom in terms of what works in countering the very real threat of terrorism. Gurski's book insists on applying the same criteria across all categories equally, not opportunistically, and not shying away from critical points on policy in the region(s) abroad. Most importantly, it highlights the very real work that security services have to do against such a persistent threat. In the acronyms and alphabet soup of agencies, are true guardians of our society. This book is a great reference text, and makes the point also that a "post 9/11" period eludes us still."

Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting. He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2013, specialising in Al Qaeda/Islamic State-inspired violent extremism and radicalisation. From 1983 to 2001 he was employed as a senior multilingual analyst at Communications Security Establishment, specialising in the Middle East. He also served as senior special advisor in the National Security Directorate at Public Safety Canada from 2013 until his retirement from the civil service in May 2015, and as consultant for the Ontario Provincial Police’s Anti-Terrorism Section (PATS) in 2015. Mr. Gurski has presented on Al Qaeda/Islamic State-inspired violent extremism and radicalisation across Canada and around the world. He is the author of “The Threat from Within: Recognizing Al Qaeda-inspired Radicalization and Terrorism in the West” (Rowman and Littlefield) and “Western Foreign Fighters: the threat to homeland and international security” (Rowman and Littlefield).  An internationally recognized geopolitical and international security consultant, and a distinguished former FBI executive, Lauren A. Anderson served as an advisor to the US Comptroller General. As Global Ambassador with Vital Voices, she is committed to investing in women and youth around the world to prevent conflict, advocate for social justice, and address economic disparities.

“Gurski is conditioned by decades of intelligence operations and analysis, in which matters are viewed on the continuum of human violence and mitigating safety to the public. It reminds us of the other kinds of terrorism of modern time, and the late Prof. Rapoport's 4 Waves of Terrorism is particularly well suited to give us useful categories of Anarchist, Anti Colonial, New Left, and Religious terrorism. This framing acknowledges the context of numerous wars over these decades, in which ideology and grievances mutually reinforce beliefs, particularly among Islamically deviant groups, the Khawarij in particular. Gurski provides not just insight, but wisdom in terms of what works in countering the very real threat of terrorism. Gurski's book insists on applying the same criteria across all categories equally, not opportunistically, and not shying away from critical points on policy in the region(s) abroad. Most importantly, it highlights the very real work that security services have to do against such a persistent threat. In the acronyms and alphabet soup of agencies, are true guardians of our society. This book is a great reference text, and makes the point also that a "post 9/11" period eludes us still."

Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting. He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2013, specialising in Al Qaeda/Islamic State-inspired violent extremism and radicalisation. From 1983 to 2001 he was employed as a senior multilingual analyst at Communications Security Establishment, specialising in the Middle East. He also served as senior special advisor in the National Security Directorate at Public Safety Canada from 2013 until his retirement from the civil service in May 2015, and as consultant for the Ontario Provincial Police’s Anti-Terrorism Section (PATS) in 2015. Mr. Gurski has presented on Al Qaeda/Islamic State-inspired violent extremism and radicalisation across Canada and around the world. He is the author of “The Threat from Within: Recognizing Al Qaeda-inspired Radicalization and Terrorism in the West” (Rowman and Littlefield) and “Western Foreign Fighters: the threat to homeland and international security” (Rowman and Littlefield).  An internationally recognized geopolitical and international security consultant, and a distinguished former FBI executive, Lauren A. Anderson served as an advisor to the US Comptroller General. As Global Ambassador with Vital Voices, she is committed to investing in women and youth around the world to prevent conflict, advocate for social justice, and address economic disparities.

“Gurski is conditioned by decades of intelligence operations and analysis, in which matters are viewed on the continuum of human violence and mitigating safety to the public. It reminds us of the other kinds of terrorism of modern time, and the late Prof. Rapoport's 4 Waves of Terrorism is particularly well suited to give us useful categories of Anarchist, Anti Colonial, New Left, and Religious terrorism. This framing acknowledges the context of numerous wars over these decades, in which ideology and grievances mutually reinforce beliefs, particularly among Islamically deviant groups, the Khawarij in particular. Gurski provides not just insight, but wisdom in terms of what works in countering the very real threat of terrorism. Gurski's book insists on applying the same criteria across all categories equally, not opportunistically, and not shying away from critical points on policy in the region(s) abroad. Most importantly, it highlights the very real work that security services have to do against such a persistent threat. In the acronyms and alphabet soup of agencies, are true guardians of our society. This book is a great reference text, and makes the point also that a "post 9/11" period eludes us still."