New studies explore why ordinary people turn terrorist
Bower, Bruce. 23 June 2016. New studies explore why ordinary people turn terrorist. ScienceNews.
Nichole Argo is a graduate student in the Psychology Department at the New School for Social Research. Before coming to the New School, she worked for several years as a journalist and field researcher in Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and England. Her field research examined motivations for political violence, and involved interviews and surveys. Previous to her time in the Middle East, Nichole lived and worked in Zimbabwe and Rwanda. She holds an M.S. in Political Science from MIT, and an M.A. in International Studies from Stanford.
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Bower, Bruce. 23 June 2016. New studies explore why ordinary people turn terrorist. ScienceNews.
Geraldine Doogue interviews Artis Fellow Nafees Hamid to understand how extremists are likely to be radicalised.
Doogue, Geraldine. 17 June 2016. The social network: predicting extremism. Saturday Extra. Australian National Radio.
Voice of a Frontline Researcher & Anthropologist – Scott Atran. May 13, 2016. On Violent Extremism. CSIS Podcast.
For this session, Shannon N. Green sits down with anthropologist and frontline researcher Scott Atran. During the conversation, Scott shares his unique insight into what binds extremists together, the appeal of extremism, and what it will take to effectively counter violent extremist organizations.
L’anthropologue estime qu’il faut comprendre les terroristes pour les combattre. TV5 Monde (“Scott Atran” interview with P. Simonin, 29 April 2016).
An unorthodox anthropologist goes face to face with ISIS. Is the payoff worth the peril?
Bartlett, T. The Road to ISIS. (20 May 2016). The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Les ministres se sont bousculés au premier Colloque international sur la prévention de la radicalisation. L’occasion de sortir des idées reçues.
Colloque : les Oscars de la déradicalisation. 29 April 2016. Le Point.
The EU Is Now Criminalizing Refugees. April 20, 2016. The Nation. Lydia Wilson.
An in-depth report by Scott Atran on the inconclusive battle to take one little village called Kudilah exposes the weakness of the strategy to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second biggest city.
On the Front Line Against ISIS: Who Fights, Who Doesn’t, and Why. April 19, 2016. The Daily Beast.
A short piece on the importance of understanding sacred values for solving pressing global problems.
Sustainable Security and Sacred Values. April 18, 2016. Sustainable Security.