Haroro J. Ingram – The Conversation

Islamic State propaganda lures both friends and foes into disproportionately focusing on the group’s strengths and overlooking its weakness. Reuters

January 21, 2016

Why we keep getting snared in Islamic State’s propaganda trap

Haroro J. Ingram, Australian National University

Islamic State uses propaganda to coax its enemies into misguided politico-military and strategic communications efforts.

Afghan refugee children returning from Pakistan learn about the dangers of mines and explosives at a UNHCR registration centre in Kabul. Reuters/Ahmad Masood

September 16, 2015

From Kabul with fading hopes: Afghanistan’s war continues

Haroro J. Ingram, Australian National University

As Western nations increasingly focus elsewhere, the battle for Afghanistan rages on.

A Syrian boy sits on the rubble of a demolished house. Many ordinary Syrians just want peace – though not necessarily if that means appeasing their nation’s ruthless leader. AAP Image/ Care Australia/ Alain Lapierre

May 21, 2015

Western leaders must heed Syrian concerns before appeasing Assad

Haroro J. Ingram, Australian National University

While many insist that the West should appease Syria’s Assad regime, this ignores the wishes of many ordinary Syrians – who are the key to defeating Islamic State and other extremists in Syria.

Shaping how the war is perceived through disseminating communiques has become a key feature of the Syrian conflict. EPA/Youssef Badawi

April 13, 2015

The forgotten front: guerrilla radio and Syria’s information war

Haroro J. Ingram, Australian National University

While social media was the main forum for Syrian demonstrators to confront Bashar al-Assad’s media machine in 2011, FM radio is now the battleground for Syrian hearts and minds.