
Seeking fresher and more comprehensive ways to counter the influential messaging of international terrorist groups, in particular the Islamic State and al Qaida, President Barack Obama on Monday directed the State Department to begin a new government-wide counter-terrorism communications effort.The Global Engagement Center will lead the United States’ counter-terrorism public communications abroad, develop “U.S. strategic counterterrorism narratives,” and work with domestic agencies and groups on helping to create “positive alternative narratives and to diminish the influence” of international terrorist organizations…