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Alex Wilner

What you should know about digital foreign interference: Alex Wilner and Sydney Reis in Maclean's

When it comes to the future of digital foreign interference (DFI), technology will increasingly make us question the veracity of all our information...

 

September 12, 2019 at 5:27 pm read more

AI, bots and deep fakes: MLI study shows how technology shapes the fight against foreign political interference

OTTAWA, ON (August 29, 2019): Hostile foreign actors are increasingly employing digital foreign interference (DFI) as part of their toolkit to undermine democratic...

 

August 29, 2019 at 4:56 pm read more

Understanding the Backgrounds of Canada's Jihadists: Alex Wilner for Inside Policy

Similarly to contemporary European or US jihadists, Canadian participants in Islamist militancy are remarkably diverse in their ethnic origins, social and economic status,...

 

May 17, 2019 at 2:26 pm read more

Assessing Islamist Radicalization in Canada: New MLI Report

OTTAWA, ON (April 9, 2019): With ISIS facing complete collapse, Canada is now forced to deal with an uncomfortable reality; there are Canadians...

 

April 10, 2019 at 1:37 pm read more

Why Canada’s counter-proliferation framework needs an update: Alex Wilner in the Hill Times

New strategies for communicating threats, responses, and obligations with a range of Canadian stakeholders are needed, writes Alex Wilner. By Alex Wilner, March...

 

March 18, 2019 at 8:12 pm read more

Manchester terrorist attack shocking but not surprising, Alex Wilner tells CBC

The recent Manchester terrorist attack at a pop music concert was a “brutal act of violence against children”, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Alex...

 

May 24, 2017 at 11:22 am read more

MLI tackles the complexity of world affairs with the Global Security Look Ahead project

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute has collected all six essays from its recently-concluded project on global security in once place OTTAWA, April 6, 2017 –...

 

April 6, 2017 at 9:10 am read more
Alex Wilner

Global terrorism picture is grim: Alex Wilner in Sun papers

Rates of terrorism peaked in 2014 and have barely crested since. Alex Wilner asks in Sun papers: What’s driving these high rates of...

 

February 17, 2017 at 10:34 am read more
Alex Wilner

What comes after the defeat of ISIS?: Alex Wilner for iPolitics

Alex Wilner argues Western countries like Canada will face some tough work to contain the offshoots of ISIS following the terror group's imminent...

 

February 13, 2017 at 9:51 am read more
Alex Wilner

MLI Global Security Look Ahead Project: Alex Wilner for Inside Policy

By Alex Wilner, Jan. 16, 2017 The world is an increasingly messy place. Diplomatic relations between the major global powers – the United...

 

January 16, 2017 at 10:16 am read more
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