Trevor Westra

Trevor Westra is a Canadian analyst and blogger whose writings on international affairs are featured at FamilySecurityMatters.org, syndicated security news-blog WorldThreats.com, and online magazine Global Politician. He writes frequently on role of religion in global conflict at his website, and is a contributing analyst with Wikistrat. A graduate of Canada's Laurentian University, he specializes in the religious historiography of the Middle East and South Asia.

Most Recent Articles by Trevor Westra:

Venezuela, Iran Linked to Alleged Cyberattack Plot December 16, 2011
Venezuelan and Iranian diplomats negotiated with Mexican hackers to break into White House, Pentagon, and FBI databases
Appointment Of Al-Qaeda Interim Leader Has Strategic, Symbolic Consequences May 18, 2011
Former Egyptian special forces commander Saif al-Adel AKA Muhammad Ibrahim Makkawi
Bin Laden Burial Account Requires Better Explanation May 4, 2011
Three factors are still out there; the ideology, the infrastructure and the conducive environment
US-Pakistan Partnership Rapidly Unraveling April 13, 2011
Pakistan has asked the CIA to halt all drone attacks on its border territory
Obama’s Failed Afghan Strategy and the Return of Al-Qaeda April 7, 2011
Obama has to reconsider prioritizing the more refined goals of quelling terrorist infiltration to the country and protecting the boarder
Egypt Watch: Military To Fight Rising Threat of Radical Islamists April 6, 2011
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has announced that the country "will not fall into the hands of Islamists”
Yemen’s Tribes Step-up Pressure on US Ally Saleh April 3, 2011
President Ali Abdullah Saleh, The Abeeda and Murad tribes
Turkish Officials Discover Stash of Iranian Weapons Heading to Syria April 1, 2011
Sanctions violations
Iran’s “Armageddon” Interpretation of the Arab Revolts March 25, 2011
Ahmadinejad's own personal obsession with the Mahdi prophesy
Is Obama flatfooted by the crisis in Bahrain? March 16, 2011
Political instability continues to rock the Kingdom of Bahrain
Radical Islam and its continued stranglehold on Pakistan March 7, 2011
The assassination of Pakistan's Minister of Minorities, Shabaz Bhatti, Blasphemy law