Even If Iran’s Current Protests Intensify, a Clean Democratic Transition Is Unlikely
Protests Have Broken Out Across the Country. We’ve Been Here Before.
There May Be No Inexpensive or Low-Risk Way for a Foreign Power to Engineer a Smooth Political Transition in a Volatile Country
Providing Weapons and Training to Young Iranians Could Weaken the Islamic Republic from Within, Hastening Its Collapse
It Is One Thing to Bomb Unarmed Kurdish Farmers—It Is Another to Face U.S. Special Forces
How the West Mistook Elite Activism for Moral Renewal in the Arab World
If Alimi Does Not Resign, He Signals That He Prefers to Protect the Muslim Brotherhood to Keep Saudi Donors Happy than to Serve Yemenis
Property Rights, Courts, Administrative Authority, and Security Enforcement Matter More for Long-Term Stability than Symbolic Tolerance
Any Legitimate Post-Islamic Republic Order Must Emerge Through Popular Sovereignty Rather than Elite Imposition
Spotlight on Unrest in Iran
Iranians have once again taken to the streets in the largest protests since the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom Movement protests. The collapse of the Iranian currency sparked the current unrest. That the Tehran bazaar has gone out on strike raises parallels to a key event that culminated in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
As Iranian grievances proliferate, the protest movement continues to build. The Iranian people try to fan the flames as the regime seeks to smother them. Could this be the end of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
As Iranian grievances proliferate, the protest movement continues to build. The Iranian people try to fan the flames as the regime seeks to smother them. Could this be the end of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
As unrest spreads across Iran, the regime and the opposition both face narrowing choices.
Middle East Quarterly - Current Issue
Founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, MEQ is the Middle East Forum’s journal intended for both scholars and the educated public. Policymakers, opinion-makers, academics, and journalists write for and read the Quarterly, which is known for exclusive interviews, in-depth historical articles, and book reviews on subjects ranging from archaeology to politics and on countries from Morocco to Iran.
Winter 2026 Volume 33: Number 1
Winter 2026 Volume 33: Number 1
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The Doctrine Would Guarantee Organizational Destruction for any Terror Group That Takes an Israeli Hostage -
Shirin Saeidi Removed as Director of King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies at Univ. of Arkansas -
New Research Initiative Honors Pioneering Scholars Bat Ye’or and David Littman While Addressing Modern-Day Religious Oppression -
Years of Middle East Forum Warnings Validated as Israel’s Parliament Takes Action
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The Biden Administration’s Decision in 2021 to Remove the Houthis from the U.S. List of Foreign Terror Organizations Weakened Deterrence by Reducing Political and Economic Pressure -
Reports from the Hamas-Controlled Area Indicate That the Terror Group Has Fully Reimposed Its Will on the Population There -
Contrary to Qatar’s Portrayal as a Key U.S. Mideast Ally, It Is Actually a Strategic Threat -
The Fact That the Left Is in a Red-Green Alliance with Islamists Has Obviated the Need for Muslim Leaders to Moderate
Middle East Forum Observer
Founded in 2024, the Observer provides rapid analysis on leading Middle East developments, from Marrakech to Mashhad and the Bab el-Mandeb to the Black Sea.
Launched in 2006, Islamist Watch is a project of the Middle East Forum. We work to combat the ideas and institutions of lawful Islamism in the United States and throughout the West. Arguing that “radical Islam is the problem, moderate Islam is the solution,” we seek to expose the Islamist organizations that currently dominate the debate, while identifying and promoting the work of moderate Muslims.
CAMPUS WATCH, a project of the Middle East Forum, reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America with an aim to improving them. The project mainly addresses five problems: analytical failures, the mixing of politics with scholarship, intolerance of alternative views, apologetics, and the abuse of power over students. Campus Watch fully respects the freedom of speech of those it debates while insisting on its own freedom to comment on their words and deeds.
Antisemitism
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The Consequences of Mainstreaming Anti-Jewish Incitement in the West -
Australia Is the Canary in the Coal Mine, but the Real Explosion May Soon Come in Ireland, Norway, and Turkey -
If Investigation Confirms Iranian Involvement in the Bondi Massacre, Canberra Must Sever Diplomatic Relations with Tehran -
Canberra Once Aligned with the United States on Middle East Issues, Including Israel, but Prime Minister Albanese Has Hewn a Different Path
Gaza
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A Disinformation Campaign Reveals the Somali Government’s Fear of Strategic Irrelevance -
Algiers Turns Humanitarian Branding Into A Soft-Power Weapon After Defeat At The U.N. -
The Real Test Of Gaza’s “Day After” Will Be Whether Hamas Faces Any Meaningful Compulsion -
Washington’s Push for an International Force in Gaza Risks Importing the Same Coalition Failures That Empowered the Taliban and Hezbollah
Islam
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He Is Not an Islamist, but He Is a Muslim Tribalist Who Believes the White Race Has Exploited Middle Eastern Muslims -
European Court Ruling Will Set Precedent on Muslim Nation Vying for European Union Membership -
Pakistani Leaders and Clerics Present the Country’s Nuclear Program as an Issue of National and Islamic Pride -
When Morocco Dominates the Religious Scene, Moderation Follows. When Turkey or Iran Does, Terrorism Is Often the Result.
Muslims in the US
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The United States Is Entering a Critical Phase in Its Encounter with Political Islam -
Husham Al-Husainy Was Headed to D.C. Until His Past Caught up with Him -
Leader of Islamic Center Behind Project Has Promoted Hostility Toward Jews, Gays -
Some of America’s Most Controversial Extremist Organizations Are Backing Mamdani, Starting with the Islamic Circle of North America
