Basema Al-Alami’s research focuses on Canadian anti-terrorism law, with particular interests in high policing, intelligence-led investigations, and the relationship between security intelligence and criminal evidence.
Her scholarship examines how terrorism threats are identified, investigated, and prosecuted, and how legal frameworks shape the exercise of state power in the name of national security. Her work engages with questions of investigative thresholds, undercover policing, entrapment, and the use of intelligence in criminal proceedings, with particular attention to institutional accountability, procedural fairness, and the rule of law.
Professor Al-Alami has presented her research at national and international conferences and forums, including as part of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee delegation visit to Canada. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals, scholarly book chapters, and public-facing platforms, contributing to academic and public discourse on anti-terrorism law, national security policing, and civil liberties.