Scott Atran on the possible motivations behind the Islamic State group

Scott Atran, Director of ARTIS Research and a CIS Research Associate, has written an article in the Guardian (15 November) entitled 'Mindless terrorists? The truth about Isis is much worse'.

The full article can be read here: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/15/terrorists-isis#_=_

You can also see Scott addressing the United Nations here: