Two thoughtful academic articles:
  1. Burning the earth: Isis and the threat to Britain; Nearly 14 years on from the start of the so-called war on terror, the global jihad movement is deepening and expanding by Shiraz Maher (Kings ICSR):http://www.newstatesman.com/politics...threat-britain
  2. Why ISIL Will Fail on Its Own; As a movement, it’s dangerous. But as a state, it’s collapsing. Here’s how to make that work for us. BY Eli Berman & Jacob Shapiro:http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/11/why-isil-will-fail-on-its-own-21340