Twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, former Canadian intelligence analyst Phil Gurski delivers a sober and deeply informed assessment of what the world misunderstood about terrorism, intelligence, and national security in the aftermath of 9/11. Drawing on decades inside Canada’s intelligence community, 9/11 The Unfinished Battle examines how the Global War on Terror reshaped governments, intelligence agencies, geopolitics, and civil liberties—while failing to eliminate the threat it sought to destroy.
Far from a retrospective history, this book is a forward-looking analysis of how terrorism, espionage, foreign interference, and transnational repression continue to evolve. Gurski argues that the West’s greatest mistake was assuming the threat landscape had fundamentally changed, when in reality many of the same ideological and geopolitical forces remain firmly in place. Combining intelligence insight with geopolitical analysis, 9/11 The Unfinished Battle offers a pragmatic blueprint for building long-term security without sacrificing democratic values.
Gurski delivers a clear, compelling, and deeply informed account of the global War on Terror, from its violent beginnings to the unstable world it has helped create today. Ideal for readers of Malcolm Gladwell, Ben Rhodes, and contemporary geopolitical nonfiction, this is an essential examination of the unfinished legacy of 9/11—and what comes next.
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting. He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2013, specializing in Al Qaeda/Islamic State-inspired violent extremism and radicalization. From 1983 to 2001, he was employed as a senior multilingual analyst at Communications Security Establishment, specializing in the Middle East. He also served as senior special advisor in the National Security Directorate at Public Safety Canada from 2013 until his retirement from the civil service in May 2015, and as a consultant for the Ontario Provincial Police’s Anti-Terrorism Section (PATS) in 2015. Mr. Gurski has presented on Al Qaeda/Islamic State-inspired violent extremism and radicalization across Canada and around the world. He is the author of “The Threat from Within: Recognizing Al Qaeda-inspired Radicalization and Terrorism in the West” and “Western Foreign Fighters: The Threat to Homeland and International Security”,
Twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, former Canadian intelligence analyst Phil Gurski delivers a sober and deeply informed assessment of what the world misunderstood about terrorism, intelligence, and national security in the aftermath of 9/11. Drawing on decades inside Canada’s intelligence community, 9/11 The Unfinished Battle examines how the Global War on Terror reshaped governments, intelligence agencies, geopolitics, and civil liberties—while failing to eliminate the threat it sought to destroy.
Far from a retrospective history, this book is a forward-looking analysis of how terrorism, espionage, foreign interference, and transnational repression continue to evolve. Gurski argues that the West’s greatest mistake was assuming the threat landscape had fundamentally changed, when in reality many of the same ideological and geopolitical forces remain firmly in place. Combining intelligence insight with geopolitical analysis, 9/11 The Unfinished Battle offers a pragmatic blueprint for building long-term security without sacrificing democratic values.
Gurski delivers a clear, compelling, and deeply informed account of the global War on Terror, from its violent beginnings to the unstable world it has helped create today. Ideal for readers of Malcolm Gladwell, Ben Rhodes, and contemporary geopolitical nonfiction, this is an essential examination of the unfinished legacy of 9/11—and what comes next.
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting. He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2013, specializing in Al Qaeda/Islamic State-inspired violent extremism and radicalization. From 1983 to 2001, he was employed as a senior multilingual analyst at Communications Security Establishment, specializing in the Middle East. He also served as senior special advisor in the National Security Directorate at Public Safety Canada from 2013 until his retirement from the civil service in May 2015, and as a consultant for the Ontario Provincial Police’s Anti-Terrorism Section (PATS) in 2015. Mr. Gurski has presented on Al Qaeda/Islamic State-inspired violent extremism and radicalization across Canada and around the world. He is the author of “The Threat from Within: Recognizing Al Qaeda-inspired Radicalization and Terrorism in the West” and “Western Foreign Fighters: The Threat to Homeland and International Security”,
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