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The Backdoor to American Innovation
In late May, a shipment of F-35 stealth fighter jet parts heading for the United States from Australia was misrouted to Hong Kong and into Chinese hands. Since 2007, Chinese intelligence operatives and their proxies had been stealing data to do with the F-35. Now, some of the jet’s closely guarded components, including a cockpit canopy and weapons-bay door, had landed on Chinese soil—handing Beijing stealth technology that only the United States and its allies have access to.
China remains undeterred in the grey zone
The final days of 2025 saw Taiwan surrounded by Chinese warships, aircraft and coast guard vessels in what the Chinese Ministry of Defence described as a serious warning to ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces and foreign interference. ‘Justice Mission 2025’, the sixth major military exercise to simulate a blockade of Taiwan since 2022, came closer to the island’s shores than previous drills, reflecting China’s strategy of creeping escalation.
United States homeland is safer from terrorism than you think
Having recently marked the somber, 20-year anniversary of the most devastating terrorist attacks in history, preceded by a chaotic and humbling withdrawal from Afghanistan — now once again in the hands of al-Qaeda’s closest ally, the Taliban — it may seem as if the “war on terror” has been a colossal failure.
Homegrown Terrorist Radicalization: The Toronto 18 in Comparative Perspective
Homegrown Terrorist Radicalization: The Toronto 18 in Comparative Perspective The Manitoba Law Journal, 2021 Download PDF Download Full PDF Package A short summary of this paper 37 Full PDFs related to this paper
COVID-19 and Terrorism in the West: Has Radicalization Really Gone Viral?
According to a recent report published by the United Nations, violent right-wing extremists and jihadists “have successfully exploited vulnerabilities in the social media ecosystem to manipulate people and disseminate conspiracy theories” designed to reinforce their narratives and incite terrorism.
I starred in a zombie-themed driver safety video. It went even worse than you'd expect
Vancouver comedy writer Sam Mullins was plucked from obscurity to his first, and only, acting gig, only to discover that brain-eating zombies were the least of his worries Little did Sam Mullins know that brain-eating zombies would be the least of his concerns while shooting a driver safety video for Vancouver municipal employees. (Illustration by Ben Shannon/CBC) At some point, we've all had jobs we'd rather not look back on.
2020 - The year that was
Well lockdown seems to come earlier every year! 2020 was the year we all ran out of adjectives to describe the maelstrom through which we have worked; challenging, relentless, exhausting, a roller-coaster ride, depressing and tough, often all those within one day.
Great Power Competition Versus Counterterrorism: A False Dichotomy
Having fixated on al-Qaeda and its myriad offspring for the best part of 20 years, the United States is inching ever closer to extracting itself from bloody quagmires in Afghanistan and Iraq, while repositioning for “great power competition” with China, Russia, and other state competitors.
There's a mammal in our bathroom. Bigger than a mouse, smaller than a car
When Sam Mullins saw the rental house he currently lives in, he thought it would be a suitable place to raise a newborn baby. That all changed a year later when he discovered that the storage room in the house was infested with rats. Sam Mullins with his wife Rachel and daughter Marlo (pre-Covid-19). A month after their rat infestation, they travelled to Tofino, B.C. to be as far away as possible.
Returnee Foreign Fighters from Syria and Iraq: The Kosovan Experience – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Abstract: Drawing upon the first author’s position within the Kosovo Security Council Secretariat and utilizing internal government reports and statistics, this article provides an overview of the Kosovan experience dealing with returnee ‘foreign fighters’ from Syria and Iraq. So far, at least five returnees have been involved in planning domestic attacks, thus reaffirming academic analyses and recent reports suggesting that it is a minority of returnees who present an immediate terrorist threat.
Migration and Terrorism: The United States Can Learn from Europe’s Mistakes
When asked what kept him up at night in September 2018, Kevin McAleenan, then commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and now acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, replied “I’m concerned about potential terrorism threats attempting entry in the regional migration flow toward the U.S. southern border.” The fear that terrorists might try to infiltrate the United States’ southern border — whether by posing as asylum-seekers or by paying smugglers to sneak in...
UK Expert Discusses Preventing Terrorism and Radicalized Children
The following text is a transcript of an interview between Sam Mullins and the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (IRTL) for the United Kingdom, Max Hill, QC, which took place on March 9, 2018 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
UK Expert Discusses Preventing Terrorism, Limits of Deportation, and Radicalized Children
The following text is a transcript of an interview between Sam Mullins and the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (IRTL) for the United Kingdom, Max Hill, QC, which took place on March 9, 2018 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Lone-actor vs. Remote-Controlled Jihadi Terrorism: Rethinking the Threat to the West
At approximately 2:40 in the afternoon of March 22nd, British-born Khalid Masood — a violent criminal who had previously been investigated by MI5 for links to extremists — deliberately drove into pedestrians making their way across Westminster Bridge. He killed a mother on her way to collect her children from school, a pensioner, and two tourists.
Crossrail's game-changing innovation targets legacy
Crossrail is nearing the finish line but its innovation programme is set to live on. Daniel Kemp descends into one of its new stations to discover what’s been achieved so far. Of all the major projects currently under way, Crossrail will leave one of the biggest legacies for the general public. It will be used by hundreds of thousands of people every day, easing congestion for many and speeding up commute times around the capital. But what about its legacy for the construction industry?
The Road to Orlando: Jihadist-Inspired Violence in the West, 2012-2016
Abstract: This analysis of 47 cases of jihadist-inspired violence carried out in Western countries between January 1, 2012, and the June 12, 2016, Orlando attack sheds light on the evolving terrorist threat. The data shows that the Syrian civil war and the rise of the Islamic State have coincided with an increase in the number of attacks, with more than half of all violent incidents taking place in France and the United States.
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