On Sunday, April 21, 2019, nine suicide bombers launched their attacks on nine different targets in Sri Lanka. For this article, Yan St-Pierre focuses on the government’s and security officals’ response to the early warning intelligence and their public relations management after the attack.
Campaigns & Elections, the preeminent “how-to” journal of politics, focused on the tools, tactics and techniques of the political consulting profession, asked Yan St-Pierre to write an article for them on best practices how to counter a fear-based campaign narrative.
The label “terrorism” is a highly subjective interpretation of violence, but what happens when the moral perception is not as clear cut? Do we make a difference for “one of us” compared to “one of them”? If so, does it affect whether or not a far-right political attack is labelled as terrorism? Yan St-Pierre discusses the historical perspective and perception of left, Islamic and far-right attacks.
France24’s Mark Owen invited Yan St-Pierre to participate in “The Debate” concerning the kidnapping of the school girls in Dapchi, Nigeria.
