Weekend Reading: The Classics And The Middle East, ISIS vs. AQAP, and How Jihadi Groups Make Law
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Andrew Gilmour argues that the study of classics is useful to understanding contemporary power struggles in the modern Middle East.
Cole Bunzel discusses the rivalry between ISIS and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) playing out in Yemen.
Mara Revkin explores lawmaking among jihadi groups.
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