In one of the most urgent and eye-opening interviews on Heretics Clips, Andrew Gold speaks with Dr. Charles Asher Small — a leading global expert on extremism — to reveal how Qatar’s unprecedented $1 trillion influence strategy is reshaping Western institutions, destabilising democracies, and empowering ideological movements that openly oppose liberal values. If you want more hard-hitting conversations like this, make sure you subscribe to Heretics Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@hereticsclips/videos

Dr. Small lays out a sweeping 50-year warning: that the ideological project rooted in the Muslim Brotherhood’s early strategy has now reached a critical midpoint. According to him, the West is facing a long-term soft-power campaign driven by a mixture of political influence, financial investments, cultural outreach, and elite partnerships — all of which have gone largely unchallenged. Qatar, he argues, has become the single most powerful force funding and shaping these networks, from major universities to media platforms to political institutions.

This episode exposes how influence operations work in practice: not through dramatic takeovers, but through incremental cultural and institutional shifts that policymakers often fail to recognise. Dr. Small explains how what he calls the “Red-Green Alliance” — a convergence of radical left movements and Islamist ideological groups — has gained ground by infiltrating academic spaces, activist networks, and public discourse, often with the help of Western leaders who underestimate the long-term consequences.

Andrew pushes Dr. Small on tough questions, including whether the West is “sleepwalking” into a generational ideological battle, why countries like Jordan and the UAE have taken a harder line against the Muslim Brotherhood, and what it means when the UK reportedly has 40,000 individuals on its terrorism watchlist. They also explore the human consequences: the threats to women’s rights, LGBTQ+ freedoms, religious minorities, and democratic institutions if extremist ideologies gain further legitimacy.

Throughout the conversation, Dr. Small stresses that the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful, ordinary citizens — and that the issue is ideological extremism, not communities. His argument is not about division, but about recognising political movements that exploit Western openness to undermine Western freedoms.

This is a gripping and essential discussion for anyone concerned about security, geopolitics, or the future of democratic societies.

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