Some Recomended Readings

 A few select things worth reading:

• Gregory R. Gause via Brooking Doha: "Beyond Sectarianism: "The New Middle East Cold War," Simmary at the link; full document in PDF here.
• Michael W. S. Ryan at the Jamestown Foundation (he is also an MEI Adjunct Scholar): "From Theory to Action: The Rationale Behind the Re-establishment of the Caliphate."
• Jenna Lefler, Institute for the Study of War: "Life Under ISIS in Mosul."