Category Violence

Assassination, Assassination of Charlie Kirk, Close Protection, Event Security, Physical Security, Political Polarization, Political Violence, Public Safety Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Security, Security Failures, United States of America, VIP Protection

Assassination of Charlie Kirk: Security Failures and Vantage-Point Vulnerabilities

Assassination of Charlie Kirk: Security Failures and Vantage-Point Vulnerabilities Introduction: Event Reconstruction and Open-Source Timeline TL;DR It is a critical security practice to secure elevated vantage points so a security team’s protectee does not get assassinated. This challenge will only…

Bureaucracy, Bureaucratic Collapse, Bureaucratic Favouritism, Bureaucratic Legitimacy, Bureaucratic Violence, Coercion, Digital Resistance, Epistemic Sovereignty, Narrative Warfare, Narrativity, Sovereignty, The Bureaucratic Killbox, Uncategorized, Violence

We Were Never in Your Court: On the Tactical Refusal of Bureaucratic Norms in Adversarial Systems Work

We Were Never in Your Court: On the Tactical Refusal of Bureaucratic Norms in Adversarial Systems Work Introduction Bureaucracies want to be seen as inevitable. Their legitimacy is presumed, their authority routinized, their processes self-justifying. They demand submission not through…

Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, G7 - Kananaskis - 2025, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Political Violence, Protest Management, The G7

Siege the Summit: Policing Protest and Suppressing Dissent at G7s from Genoa to Kananaskis – 2025 G7 Security Series #14

Siege the Summit: Policing Protest and Suppressing Dissent at G7s from Genoa to Kananaskis – 2025 G7 Security Series #14 Introduction International summits routinely invite massive protests – and equally massive, often preemptive security responses. Notorious examples include Genoa (2001)…

Kevin J.S. Duska Jr.
June 15, 2025

Alberta, Albertan Secession, Canada, Extremism, Forecast, Make American Great Again (MAGA), Maple MAGA, Political Violence, Violence

Post-Election Political Violence Risk Assessment: Canada 2025 After the Liberal Victory

Post-Election Political Violence Risk Assessment: Canada 2025 After the Liberal VictoryExecutive Summary The 2025 federal election has concluded with a Liberal victory for Mark Carney against a backdrop of intense political polarization, heightened distrust in institutions, and rising threats toward…