Atran elected to National Academy of Sciences

CRIC is exceptionally proud to announce that our Foundation Fellow, Professor Scott Atran, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of “…distinguished and continuing achievements in original research”. Professor Atran now stands among 2,512 active NAS members as part of one of the most distinguished and respected scientific…

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When Will to Fight Trumps Hard Power

Before Congress, Gen. Scott Berrier, the US Defense Intelligence Agency director, acknowledged misjudging Ukraine’s ability to resist Russia: “I questioned their will to fight. That was a bad assessment.”  Russia’s appraisal of Ukraine’s will to fight evidently fared no better. Lamentably, misjudging both allies’ and adversaries’ will to fight has become routine among our military and political…

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