Some Useful Reads on the Islamic State

The Islamic State or ISIS, is a serious challenge deserving serous attention, and I don't mean scare headlines like this one in The Daily Mail.

Here are some thoughtful approaches:

•  Graeme Wood in The Atlantic: "What ISIS Really Wants."

• A response to Wood by J.M. Berger: "Enough about Islam: Why religion is not the most useful way to undertand ISIS."

•  Emile Nakhleh at Lobelog: "America and the Middle East after The Islamic State"

•  Juan Cole, "Today's Top 7 Myths about Daesh/ISIL"