Friction

How radicalization happens to them and us.

by Sophia Moskalenko, Ph.D. and Clark McCauley, Ph.D.

Mohamed Merah: Jujitsu Politics in France

Mohamed Merah killed seven French citizens, including soldiers and Jewish children. Was Merah a lone wolf or was he connected with al-Qaeda? Read More

Making Mad Men Pay

Jujitsu politics in advertising. Read More

Tears for a tyrant?

The man who starved his people to build an atomic bomb is dead. Who's crying? Read More

The Psychology of U.S. Reaction to 9/11

What do we know today about the psychology of 9/11 that we did not know immediately after the attacks? Read More

Celebrating Osama’s death: An end to humiliation

Osama, Obama, and Afghanistan: the power of humiliation Read More

Virtual Relationships

Oprah, Casey and the Real Housewives Read More

The swinging pendulum of psychological wisdom

Can you predict the next dominant theory in psychology? Will you know when to walk away from it? Learn from the best. Read More

Bread and circuses in USA today

Cheers for Osama's death, boos for Charlie's rantings, and other symptoms of stressful times. Read More

Humiliation and martyrdom in the Jasmine Revolution

Humiliation can start a revolution. Read More

One man's Ferrari is another man's revolution

A single man in Tunisia sets himself on fire, and suddenly the Arab world is turned upside down with revolts and revolutions. This wildfire of social unrest is explained by Hannibal Lecter and by relative deprivation theory. Read More

Friction Bloggers

Clark McCauley, Ph.D., is Rachel C. Hale Professor of Sciences and Mathematics and co-director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at Bryn Mawr College.

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Sophia Moskalenko is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (NC-START) and a consultant with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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