ISIS holds out in the MIddle East...;
...and sets its sights on Southwest Asia;
The basis for British intervention

Sectarian divisions deepen in Nigeria;
The cost of Pakistani reform;
The pace of Palestinian terrorism;
Russian worries over Jihadist reconciliation

China's controversial anti-Muslim campaign...;
...gets legal cover;
Egypt's Sinai strategy goes local;
Fears of an Islamic State drone Navy;
al-Qaeda expands its African presence

The Islamic State's Second Act;
Afghanistan's Parallell Government;
The Persisence of "Pay to Slay";
Iran in the Crosshairs;
The Kurdish Prisoners Dilemma

In India, melding religion and vocation;
Stories from Darzab;
The Taliban reverts to type...
;...as Beijing wades into the Afghan fray