9/11 The Unfinished Battle: Why Jihadi Terrorism Is Stronger, Wider, and Far From Over - Paperback

Gurski, Phil: - 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, specialising in Al Qaeda/Islamic State-inspired violent extremism and radicalisation. From 1983 to 2001 he was employed as a senior multilingual analyst at Communications Security Establishment, specialising 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 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 radicalisation 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" (Rowman and Littlefield) and "Western Foreign Fighters: the threat to homeland and international security" (Rowman and Littlefield).Anderson, Lauren C.: - Lauren C. Anderson is a trailblazing national and global security expert, public board director, and former senior FBI executive with nearly 30 years of experience confronting terrorism, political violence, and international threats, while championing women in conflict and post-conflict regions. She was among the first women on an FBI SWAT team and the first woman to lead the Bureau's Legal Attaché office in Paris, overseeing operations in 24 countries, including 22 across Africa. Following 9/11, Anderson expanded the FBI's footprint in Africa and later directed the FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force's international terrorism program-the nation's largest.A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Anderson advises the U.S. Comptroller General at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on matters of intelligence, international security, criminal justice, and women's leadership. She serves on corporate and nonprofit boards, is a non-resident Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and is a frequent media commentator and speaker on terrorism, political violence, global risk, and women's leadership. Committed to advancing women in conflict zones, she is a Vital Voices Global Ambassador and Chair of the Board of Red Dot Foundation Global/Safecity.Gilmore, John: - "John Gilmour enjoyed a thirty-seven year career in the federal government in positions of growing responsibility. His initial professional experience was with Transport Canada and the management of Canada's major international airports. This included serving as project manager and analyst for airport security programs. This led to a two-year assignment with the Security and Intelligence (Operations) section of the Privy Council Office as a senior policy analyst, in support of the office of the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister (NSA).From there John joined the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), where he served in a variety of branches, most recently as the Head-Strategic Planning and Operational Analysis with the Service's Counter-Terrorism Division. Although retiring from the Service in 2018, he is periodically retained as a senior advisor. He is also retained by a commercial firm providing crisis management training to a broad spectrum of clients.John has a BA from Carleton University (Ottawa), and a Masters and Ph.D from the War Studies Program of the Royal Military College of Canada (Kingston). In addition to serving as a Fellow with CGAI, he is on the Advisory Board of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) - Vancouver, is a Fellow with the North American and Arctic Defence Security Network, and serves as a Director with the Canadian Intelligence Network. He is also an instructor with the University of Ottawa's Professional Development Institute on terrorism and intelligence/national security issues and Carleton University's School of International Affairs (counterterrorism). He has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed articles to national security-related journals."