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Nathan Brown

Nathan J. Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University and nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, scholar of Middle Eastern law and politics.

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PODCASTS

Oct 6, 2026

History As It Happens

History As It Happens

The Rise and Fall of Political Islam

Oct 6 · 38m

Martin DeCaroHOST

26:26

Sure.

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26:26

And there's certainly a lo- an awful lot of radical forms.

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26:28

And there are ideas that are available to those who want to push them in a radical way.

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26:33

For the most part, when they push it in a radical direction, at least until Al-Qaeda, they're doing it for local reasons.

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26:39

Afghanistan, Soviet invasion, you know, Hamas, occupation.

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26:42

But there are other groups that are actually saying in some ways almost the opposite.

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26:47

It's like forget about jihad.

8 MINS LATER

Martin DeCaroHOST

34:29

What's your view of the situation right now?

Order From Ashes

Order From Ashes

Israel's Rubble Doctrine

Jun 10 · 48m

Thanassis CambanisHOST

10:49

Hamas leader in Gaza who was killed after the first year of the war.

Nathan BrownGUEST

10:53

Yes, and who planned and led the October 7th assault.

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10:58

So he was asked before this, I mean, why fire rockets at civilians? Why these raids? And he basically says, what choice do we have? We have no choice.

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11:08

And the fact is, they did have choices.

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11:11

They didn't have good choices, but they picked one that was absolutely disastrous.

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11:15

They picked one that was disastrous for Palestinians, and it had all kinds of Israeli victims.

Nathan BrownGUEST

11:21

That has to be said.

22 MINS LATER

Thanassis CambanisHOST

33:48

that.