Please stop saying terrorism is ‘defeated’

Seeing our counter-terrorism efforts through the lens of ‘war’ is misguided and counterproductive.

Recent Islamist extremist history has taught us that the exit of one group—say al-Qaida—merely creates a vacuum for another—say the Islamic State. Further complicating matters is the fact that a ‘retired’ player sometimes goes back to work. Many analysts these days talk of an al-Qaida 3.0. So much for the defeat of AQ, writes Phil Gurski.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

September 17, 2018

OTTAWA—At the risk of engaging in pure self promotion, I would like to announce that my fourth book on terrorism, entitled, An End to the ‘War on Terrorism,' is coming out later this month (for those in Ottawa who are interested I will be holding a book launch on Oct. 3 at Peter Devin...

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