Dune: The Brotherhood Jihad

18/05/2026

Generation Jihad

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Before Hamas. Before Al-Qaeda. Before the Islamic State. There was... (🥁)

The Muslim Brotherhood. And for nearly a century, it has played the long game by building influence across the Middle East and even deep inside the West.

But what exactly is it — a political movement? A terrorist organization? The ideological engine behind modern Islamism? Some combination?

Bill is joined again by longtime friend of the show Edmund Fitton-Brown, now his colleague at FDD, to discuss.

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Dune: The Brotherhood Jihad

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D'autres épisodes de "Generation Jihad"

Dune: The Brotherhood Jihad

POV: FPV (or: "The Anarchist Cookbook of War")

Iran's Nukes: Degraded but not Dead

Gridlock at the Strait

Strait Strategy

Can Fortress Bamako Hold?

Iran's Choke Point

Define Destroyed

Battle for the Strait

Ceasefire or Long Game?