Charlie Winter comes on the show to talk about Islamic State propaganda. The basis for our discussion is Charlie’s recent paper “The Virtual Caliphate: Understanding Islamic State’s Propaganda Strategy” (PDF). The topics we covered include:

• Islamic State propaganda that doesn’t focus on brutality
• How IS propaganda strategy has evolved
• The ability of Islamic State to control their message
• Efforts to counter Islamic State propaganda

Links:

• Experts weigh in (part 4): Can the United States counter ISIS propaganda? | Brookings Institution
• Charlie Winter (@charliewinter) on Twitter
• Karl Morand (@KarlMorand) on Twitter
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