An Intelligent Look At Terrorism With Phil Gurski

Remember 'take this plane to Cuba"?  What if I told you that airplane hijackings as a technique go back to the 1930s!  Canadian scholar Yannick Veilleux-Lepage walks us through the 'evolution' of this phenomenon.About my guest Dr. Yannick Veilleux-LepageDr. Yannick Veilleux-Lepage is an Assistant Professor of Terrorism and Political violence at Leiden University in The Netherlands. He holds a doctorate in International Relations from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. His research interests include the creation of online narratives and propaganda which fosters or normalizes terrorism; historical antecedents to terrorism; far-right extremism and the transnational links of far-right groups; ideological and technical diffusion, and the application of evolutionary theory to social sciences. ►Check out Yannick's book How Terror Evolves - The Emergence and Spread of Terrorist TechniquesAbout the host Phil Gurski:Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd