News Breadcrumb Home News ... Centre for International Studies Research Associate Scott Atran comments on Islamic State Date 18 Nov 2015 Share image/svg+xml image/svg+xml The guardian online and The New York Review of Books have published opinion pieces by CIS Research Associate Scott Atran on Islamic State.The guardian online article, ‘Mindless terrorists? The truth about Isis is much worse’, can be read here. The New York Review of Books article, ‘Paris: The War ISIS Wants’, can be read here. Scott Atran is the Director of Research, ARTIS and a CIS Research Associate. Other news Image 17 Jul 2025 DPIR alumna Guadalupe Chavez awarded the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Guadalupe Chavez Image 16 Jul 2025 DPIR alumna Cecilia Corsini awarded the 2025 ACUNS Dissertation Award Cecilia Corsini
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