After ISIS: A Smarter Way to Fight Radicalization (Jacob Olidort, The National Interest)

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/after-isis-smarter-way-fight-radicalization-16673

Flipping the Script on ISIS (Jacob Olidort, The National Interest)

While the attacks in Brussels are a tragic reminder of the ambitions of ISIS, we have yet to understand the inner workings of its ideology. Just days prior to the tragedy, Belgian authorities raided the home of Algerian Mohamed Belkaid, who was linked to the Paris attacks. Among the items they found were a Kalashnikov, an ISIS flag and a book on Salafism. The event, and the combination of these items, put into stark relief the ongoing debate in Europe and the United States about the precise nature of how these three items—or, more precisely, the physical, symbolic and intellectual weapons in Belkaid’s arsenal—led him and others to conduct violent activities.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/flipping-the-script-isis-15813

America Has No Business Calling ISIS 'Apostates' (Jacob Olidort, The National Interest)

On February 2, Secretary of State John Kerry described the Islamic State as “apostates”—a word with very clear theological implications. This administration has chosen its words about the group carefully, and in October it opted for “Daesh” (the Arabic acronym for “ISIS”) under the assumption that it insults the group and because, to use President Obama’s justification, “ISIL is not Islamic… and [is] certainly not a state.”

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/america-has-no-business-calling-isis-apostates-15115