Politics Why Terrorists Are Misunderstood Although terrorism is often described as a form of communication, terrorists are rather poor communicators…Max AbrahmsFebruary 19, 2020
Politics Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of Terrorist Recruiters The issue of recruitment, as opposed to just radicalization, is an undeniably important and neglected…John Horgan, Katerina PapatheodorouFebruary 12, 2020
Politics In the Eye of the Beholder: Parochial Altruism, Radicalization, and Extremism Radicalization is an inherently relational concept. One can only be radical in relation to someone…Zoey ReeveFebruary 4, 2020
Politics Extremist Violence Has Its Roots in Morality, Not Ideology The ideology behind extremist violence looks remarkably like the “moral sentiments” of empathy, indignation, and…Clark McCauleyJanuary 30, 2020
Politics Conservative Extremists Are Afraid of Threats That Don’t Exist Crucially, the pattern of heightened reactivity and credulity toward potential threats characteristic of the conservative…Colin Holbrook, Jennifer Hahn-HolbrookJanuary 21, 2020
Politics What is Radicalization? Internet social media has proven to be a powerful vehicle for mass radicalization.Sophia MoskalenkoJanuary 8, 2020
Politics Why Extremism Isn’t the Real Issue On a global scale, mismatches between ethnic identity and nation-states have caused more death and…Mark SedgwickDecember 31, 2019
Politics Extremism as Defense The attempt to solve a problem by destroying its source remains an eternal aspect of…Rose McDermottDecember 18, 2019
BiologyPolitics The Virtue of Extremism is its Enhancement of the Ordinary To better understand extremism, we need to look not only at the evils perpetrated but…David BarashDecember 11, 2019
Politics Extremism in Historical and Evolutionary Perspective A new and important change is occurring in the history of political violence which suggests…Anthony Lopez, Hammad SheikhDecember 4, 2019
