Middle East Week

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 Subscribe to the show in iTunes or with the RSS feed