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EP 55 - Iran War, Future Scenarios, and OSINT w/Barbara Slavin & Nilo Tabrizy

In episode 55, Barbara Slavin and Nilo Tabrizy tuned in to discuss the war in Iran, how it came to be, how likely it is to end, as well as OSINT. Now streaming on all platforms. Episode on YouTube: youtu.be/wOBl0aB4ddM [https://youtu.be/wOBl0aB4ddM] Barbara Slavin is a Distinguished Fellow at The Stimson Center and former founding director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East Programs. She has been covering the Middle East since the 1980s. Slavin also wrote the obituary for Iranian leader Ali Khamenei in Foreign Policy following his decapitation during the war. Nilo Tabrizy is a journalist and writer. Previously, she was a reporter on the visual forensics team at The Washington Post, utilizing open source reporting methods in her investigations with a focus on covering Iran. She is the co-author of For the Sun After Long Nights, a book about the 2022 Iranian women-led uprising. She also worked for The New York Times and VICE News.

EP 54 - Killian Clarke: Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed

In episode 54 of Tahrir Podcast, Killian Clarke joined to discuss his new book, "Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed [https://www.cambridge.org/ga/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/return-tyranny-why-counterrevolutions-emerge-and-succeed?format=HB&isbn=9781009646901⁠]" (Cambridge University Press, 2025)⁠. The book offers one of the first systematic studies of counterrevolution. Drawing on global data since 1900 and new evidence from Egypt’s 2011 revolution, the book explains why counterrevolutions emerge and what enables them to succeed. It advances a movement-centric argument, showing how the strategies revolutionary leaders adopt—both during their campaigns and after taking power—shape a regime’s vulnerability. Violent, ideologically radical movements tend to build regimes that are hard to overturn, while democratic revolutions like Egypt’s face greater risks, though they can still avert counterrevolution by preserving elite coalitions, maintaining broad support, and mobilizing the public when threatened. Killian Clarke is an Assistant Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, affiliated with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. This is his first book. Link to book (use offer code REOTY2025 for 20% discount): https://www.cambridge.org/ga/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/return-tyranny-why-counterrevolutions-emerge-and-succeed?format=HB&isbn=9781009646901 [https://www.cambridge.org/ga/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/return-tyranny-why-counterrevolutions-emerge-and-succeed?format=HB&isbn=9781009646901] Link to Clarke's website: https://www.killianclarke.com/ [https://www.killianclarke.com/] Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CVIPKrsBn6s [https://youtu.be/CVIPKrsBn6s] Streaming everywhere! ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/TahrirPodcast⁠⁠⁠ [https://linktr.ee/TahrirPodcast⁠⁠⁠] Reach out! TahrirPodcast@gmail.comSupport us on Patreon for as low as $2 per month ($20 per year)! / tahrirpodcast

UNRELEASED EP - Danny Makki: The Night the Butcher of Damascus Fled

This episode was recorded on 08 December 2024, the day Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country, ending over 50 years of brutal Assad family rule, and concluding a brutal 14-year civil war. In this episode that I now release a full year later, Danni Makki joined me from Damascus as opposition forces took over the capital, liberating it.

EP 53 - Egypt's Upcoming Parliamentary Elections, the Release of Alaa Abdel Fattah and the Illusion of a Political Opening

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FV2a5IGZYsY [https://youtu.be/FV2a5IGZYsY] Streaming everywhere! ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/TahrirPodcast⁠⁠⁠ [https://linktr.ee/TahrirPodcast⁠⁠⁠] Reach out! TahrirPodcast@gmail.com Support us on Patreon for as low as $2 per month ($20 per year)! https://www.patreon.com/TahrirPodcast [https://www.patreon.com/TahrirPodcast]

EP 52 - Aaron Magid: The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan

In episode 52 of Tahrir Podcast, Aaron Magid tuned in to discuss his book, The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan (Universal Publishers, 2025) [https://www.universal-publishers.com/book.php?method=ISBN&book=1599427788&srsltid=AfmBOoocAIFTK1uiTgituEfZX8jsLb9lNYpzkI6jeV0cjhTDk1brOVX-]⁠, as well as commentate on Jordanian politics. Drawing on interviews with over 100 people—including King Abdullah’s classmates, former Jordanian ministers, and even CIA directors—Aaron offers a deeply reported portrait of one of the Middle East’s most enduring leaders. The first comprehensive biography on Jordans King Abdullah, the book traces his rise from a Massachusetts prep school and British military training to the Jordanian throne, and explores how he’s managed to stay in power for over 25 years amidst regional wars, economic pressures, and mass protests. It also examines his strategic alliance with Washington, his cooperation with the CIA, and the domestic controversies that have shaped his reign—from a $15 billion gas deal with Israel to Jordan’s quiet role in the 2003 Iraq War. Aaron Magid is an analyst and former Amman-based journalist. His analysis on the Hashemite Kingdom has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Al-Monitor, the Atlantic Council, France 24, Al-Jazeera, and the Middle East Institute. He hosts the podcast On Jordan. Episode on YouTube: youtu.be/jRz_yPBQ9IU [applewebdata://341429CD-5330-4183-A08F-C1D46D37F840/youtu.be/jRz_yPBQ9IU]Streaming everywhere! ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/TahrirPodcast⁠⁠⁠ [https://linktr.ee/TahrirPodcast%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0]Reach out! TahrirPodcast@gmail.comSupport us on Patreon for as low as $2 per month ($20 per year)!https://www.patreon.com/TahrirPodcast [https://www.patreon.com/TahrirPodcast]