So as ISIS recedes into a footnote, what happens next?
The military part is not quite done so now we need some consideration of what peace will look like.
The Kurdish referendum -hope for the future or catalyst for the next war?
Assad. He is still there despite the red lines crossed and desire of many to see him gone...but Russia...
Rebuilding across the arc that was the Caliphate; international assistance? disaster relief? some other humanitarian appellation?

Once the politics of violence ceases it seems the difficult bits begin.

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallel...hat-comes-next