Weekend Reading: Revisionist Jihad, Rationalism in Iraq, and Turkish-Kurdish Relations

Published: October 2, 2015 5:00 p.m.

Experts

By Steven A. Cook
Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies

Sam Heller discusses the revisionist ideology of Syria’s Ahrar al-Sham and the future of jihadi thought.

Marwan Jabbar takes at look at Iraqis translating scientific articles into Arabic in an effort to combat extremism.

Deniz Gumustekin investigates how Turkey manipulates intra-Kurdish politics to advance its interests.