Tag Archive for: "Islamic State"
National security wrap

The beat Canadian intelligence officer accused of espionage The director-general of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s intelligence unit has been charged with obtaining and storing classified information with the intent of sharing it with a …

National security wrap

The beat Australia’s new security college in the Pacific Ahead of this week’s Pacific Islands Forum meeting, the Australian government announced plans to set up an Australian Pacific Security College in partnership with the Australian …

The post-caliphate Salafi-jihadi environment

My latest Strategic Insights paper provides an overview of the post-caliphate Salafi-jihadi environment, focusing on the franchising strategy of al-Qaeda and Islamic State. It finds that the threat is now less ‘top-down’ than ‘bottom-up’ and …