Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

New on nybooks.com: What ISIS wants and what it learned from the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, free speech and racial justice on campus, the astonishing pace of change in Burma, and Susanna Moore’s new book on the history of Hawaii.   SPONSORED BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT

Paris: The War ISIS Wants Scott Atran and Nafees Hamid The greater the hostility toward Muslims in Europe and the deeper the West becomes involved in military action in the Middle East, the closer ISIS comes to its goal of creating and managing chaos.   ADVERTISEMENT   Yale: The Power of Speech David Cole Students of color and others have been organizing politically and speaking out in packed rallies, They are communicating their experiences and demanding equal justice. That’s exactly how the First Amendment should work.   From Mumbai to Paris Ahmed Rashid ISIS’s message is clear—the group is waging an all-out deliberate war against all those countries that are lining up to fight it. The Paris attacks also show that ISIS has learned some important tactical lessons from other extremist groups.   ADVERTISEMENT   Burma: How Much Change? Christian Caryl After decades of struggle, Aung San Suu Kyi has achieved her greatest triumph; one can only hope that she will wield her mandate to the best effect, and that she can successfully overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of the transformation her voters want.   NYR Calendar FILM Jacques Rivette’s Out 1: Noli Me Tangere selected by J. Hoberman MUSIC Bath Mozartfest selected by Geoffrey Wheatcroft ART Berlin Metropolis: 1918–1933 selected by Martin Filler   When Hawaii Was Ruled by Shark-Like Gods Patrick Vinton Kirch The tumultuous history of Hawai‘i—from the first encounter of an island civilization with intruding explorers to its subjugation as a colonial outpost of America—has been told many times. Susanna Moore, who grew up in Hawai‘i, offers a new rendering of this island saga.