How the Fight Against the Islamic State Is Being Covered

Charlie Winter comes back on the show to discuss how the Islamic State, and the campaign against them, is being covered. Some of the topics we discussed include:

• How the fight against the Islamic State is covered in the media and political discourse
• Differences in how the Islamic State is covered and discussed in the US vs the UK
• The focus on military solutions at the expense of political and diplomatic ones
• How governments can improve the non-military aspects of the fight against the Islamic State
• Challenges posed by trying to quantify success in counter-narrative campaigns
• Projects Charlie is working on at GSU

Links

• Charlie Winter (@charliewinter) on Twitter
• Isis has a strategy. Let’s not be part of it – The Guardian
• Karl Morand (@KarlMorand) on Twitter

Thanks to Mikhail Yurchak, Adam Smith Intl., Andrew, Alex, David de Bruijn, and Ryan Gell for supporting the show. If you’d like to help support the podcast please check out the show’s Patreon page.