Dr. Charlie Winter
Charlie Winter
Senior Research Fellow
International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)
London, UK

Bio

Dr. Charlie Winter is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) and Research Coordinator for the ICSR-led, GIFCT-funded research consortium, the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET). Winter’s position at ICSR is currently supported by the Global Internet Forum for Counter-Terrorism (GIFCT), Facebook, the UK Home Office, and the US Department for Homeland Security. He is also an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism—the Hague and an Associate of the Imperial War Museum Institute in London. His PhD research, which was funded by Facebook, explored how violent extremists articulate meaning through visual propaganda. He also holds an undergraduate degree in Arabic from the University of Edinburgh and a master’s degree in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies from King’s College London.

RESOLVE Publications

Resolve Publication
Charlie Winter, Abdul Sayed, and Abdullah Alrhmoun
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A “New” Islamic Emirate? The Taliban’s Outreach Strategy in the Aftermath of Kabul

As the Taliban’s forces swept across Afghanistan in July and August, their triumphalist—and fundamentally revolutionary—discourse became exponentially more pronounced. The moment it seized Kabul, however, the Taliban had to reorder its communications priorities.
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Charlie Winter
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Researching Jihadist Propaganda: Access, Interpretation, and Trauma

This chapter explores three key challenges that arise in the context of research on violent extremist propaganda.