Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, University of Birmingham
Steve Hewitt is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and the American and Canadian Studies Centre at the University of Birmingham. He is past president of the British Association for Canadian Studies, and has published a number of books and articles related to the history of Canada and to security and intelligence in the past and present.
His research interests include American, British, and Canadian security and intelligence in the past and present, including counter-terrorism, policing, spying and surveillance in the form of human intelligence through informers and undercover agents. He also studies and teaches on Anti-Americanism and Canadian history and politics.
Is there a link between foreign policy and terrorism? British intelligence thinks so
Jun 02, 2017 13:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views
What causes terrorism? The combination of the horrendous terrorist attack in Manchester and a British general election inevitably meant that this question would dominate political and media discourses. And so it has....
What if the London attack wasn’t an act of terrorism?
Mar 27, 2017 14:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
A middle-aged man with a history of criminal activity and violence, a variety of aliases, multiple jobs and addresses, and several broken relationships launches an attack on parliament and is killed in the process. This...
Quebec mosque attack: Canada is not immune from anti-Muslim backlash
Jan 30, 2017 16:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The shocking attack on a mosque in Quebec City, the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec, has been condemned as terrorism by both Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec premier Philippe Couillard. The...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
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