Lifting the black mask.

The article discusses research into the psychology of jihadist recruits, focusing on efforts to understand the radicalisation process in militant groups such as the Islamic State (IS) for counterterrorism purposes. Topics include data suggesting theories of brainwashing and coercion of Westerners are false, research by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) at King's College, and evidence that Western jihadists are influenced by their own social groups.