An Intelligent Look At Terrorism With Phil Gurski

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 GurskiWhat we know about the 63-year-old Nashville bomber on CNNsimoncottee.orgDying Without Killing: Self‐Immolations, 1963–2002 by Diego GambettaAbout 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 '&a