Our enemies and allies alike have realized that Canada is an easy mark: Richard Shimooka in the Hub macdonaldlaurier.ca/our-enemies-an…

Check out my new publication w/ Victor Asal on why some insurgent groups wage high-intensity armed conflicts. We look at 140 groups worldwide across various thresholds of battle deaths. We find insurgent networks and domestic resource mobilization are key drivers of escalation.

Articles invited for the new Journal of Applied Operational Intelligence - deadline for submission is 31st July 2024. It is free to submit an article and all articles are open access. ubplj.org/index.php/jaoi…

Here’s the reality: NATO never agreed it wouldn’t expand and has been open to new members since it was founded in 1949. Its job is keeping its members safe. #1NATO75 #WeAreNATO

A special 2-day event devoted to Canadian intelligence history will take place in Ottawa on 3-4 Oct. Featuring Reg Whitaker Tyler Wentzell Sarah-Jane Corke, @maria_robsonM, Greg Kealey, Wesley Wark , @matthewswiseman, and many more. For more info/to register: intelligencehistory.ca

This month's roundtable with Dr. John Gilmour will cover recent challenges with Canada's existing intelligence-policy nexus and the non-traditional threats that have emerged. Get your tickets for "An Overview of the Intelligence Enterprise in Canada" now: casisvancouver.ca/roundtables/

There's been lots of bad news out of Canada lately when it comes to ideologically motivated violent extremists; if you want to know more about what our ecosystem looks like, check out our ten part series: newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/siege-cultur…

75 years on, NATO’s founding principles remain the same – to ensure the peace and security of its members. #1Nato75years #NATOSummit

Excellent podcast with ⁦@lucatrenta⁩ on state assassination. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/spy…

Latest post looks at Russian attacks on Ukrainian society - and in particular health care and energy supplies - and sees patterns from past wars in Chechnya and Syria. The aim is to coerce Ukraine into surrender but while it undoubtedly hurts it shows no sign of having that

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FBI investigating the shooting of Donald Trump as an assassination attempt washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

"The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old man from western Pennsylvania, as the person who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump....Crooks was a registered Republican, according to voting records, but had only participated in the Nov. 8, 2022,

A lot can happen in 40 years. That’s why during the next few days, we’re highlighting key events since our creation in 1984. Today, we highlight events from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. #CSIS40

On the History of the Arm’s Length Relationship Between Intelligence and Policymaking linkedin.com/pulse/history-… via LinkedIn

British Intelligence and the Fenians, 1855-1880 – new book out now #IrishHistory #FiannaEireann #IRB #FDepartment #intellbooks Boydell & Brewer

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 27 November 2024. Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: ow.ly/pKwX50UgwAM #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

In 2024 the British Conflict Research Group published this (first publicly available) translation of the 1970 KGB "Comms with Agents" manual. A small typo in the intro ("FSB" instead of "SVR") made us question its quality, but we're wrong. It's really good. #SpyBooks #SpyLibrary

October 7 raised many difficult questions relating not only to collection and analysis, but also to the relationship b/w intelligence and policymakers. On Jan. 21 we will hold a panel to discuss intel-policy relations in a comparative perspective (🇺🇸🇷🇺&🇮🇱)>>

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