Writings by Topic: Middle East patterns
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Articles by MEF Staff and Fellows
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| Title |
Publication |
Date |
| Islamism vs. The West 35 Years of Geopolitical Struggle |
New York: Wicked Son | October 23, 2023 |
| Revolution in Iran: The State of Minorities, Uprising Against Tehran |
The Jerusalem Post | June 16, 2023 |
| Erdoğan Wins Again in Turkey: What Does It Mean for the Middle East? |
The Jerusalem Post | June 2, 2023 |
| In Depth: Bringing Assad in from the Cold |
GIS | May 10, 2023 |
| Assad Has Won: Dealing with the Devil We Know |
EMET | April 27, 2023 |
| The New Middle East Rules of the Rules-Based Order |
EMET | March 23, 2023 |
| Israel Must Send a Message to Its Enemies as China Enters the Middle East |
The Jerusalem Post | March 16, 2023 |
| Biden Admin Neglects Israel-Saudi Negotiations |
JNS | March 15, 2023 |
| Time to 'Snapback' Sanctions on Tehran, Experts Say |
JNS | March 14, 2023 |
| Western Establishment Conceals Muslim Persecution of Christians |
The Stream | February 15, 2023 |
| Israel-Sudan Agreement a Success for Abraham Accords, Setback for Iran |
The Jerusalem Post | February 10, 2023 |
| Iran, Syria, Palestinians: A Preview of 2023 |
The Jerusalem Post | January 7, 2023 |
| Israel-Lebanon Maritime Deal Juggles Region's Security, Energy Targets |
Defense News | October 25, 2022 |
| Iranians in Crimea? The Russia-Iran Model for Syria Moves to Ukraine |
The Jerusalem Post | October 19, 2022 |
| U.S. Anger over Saudi Arabia, OPEC Will Impact Israel, Middle East Policy |
The Jerusalem Post | October 6, 2022 |
| Iran Continues to Attack Kurds in Response to Protests |
The Jerusalem Post | October 5, 2022 |
| Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq's Dangerous Actor, Part II: Looking Ahead |
GIS | September 29, 2022 |
| Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq's Dangerous Actor, Part I: Beginnings |
GIS | September 28, 2022 |
| Hezbollah's Nasrallah Threatens Israeli Offshore Gas Field |
The Jerusalem Post | September 17, 2022 |
| It's Too Late to Prevent an Iranian Nuke |
National Review | September 16, 2022 |
| Shari'a Still Rules Libya and Egypt: Death for Apostasy |
PJ Media | September 13, 2022 |
| Iranian Drone Downed in Ukraine; Major Implications |
The Jerusalem Post | September 13, 2022 |
| Muqtada al-Sadr Retires: What Next in Iraq? |
The Jerusalem Post | August 30, 2022 |
| Israel Must Prepare for Iranian 'Thousand Cuts' War |
The Jewish Chronicle | August 25, 2022 |
| New Iran Deal Could Bolster Regime's Military-Industrial Complex |
The Jerusalem Post | August 22, 2022 |
| Yemen Sees Calm after a Decade of Conflict |
The Jerusalem Post | August 3, 2022 |
| Insurrection Iraq-Style: Toward a Deeper Instability |
The Jerusalem Post | August 1, 2022 |
| The Palestinians Are Weak: This Is the Time to Impose Conditions on Them |
Arutz Sheva | July 28, 2022 |
| The Israel-India-UAE-US Relationship Is Now a Strategic Fact |
The Jerusalem Post | July 14, 2022 |
| Russia - Iran Drone Connection Has Massive Ramifications |
The Jerusalem Post | July 12, 2022 |
| Does Iran Take Israel-Gulf Air Defense Cooperation Seriously? |
The Jerusalem Post | July 11, 2022 |
| Israel Is Hedging Between Ankara and Athens |
The Jerusalem Post | July 8, 2022 |
| Biden Builds on the Abraham Accords |
The Jerusalem Post | June 30, 2022 |
| Iran Is Worried about U.S.-Israel-Saudi Talks Ahead of Biden's Trip |
The Jerusalem Post | June 27, 2022 |
| First Lebanon War 1982: A Turning Point for Israel |
The Jerusalem Post | June 24, 2022 |
| Riyadh and Ankara: Will Reconciliation Change the Region? |
The Jerusalem Post | June 23, 2022 |
| U.S., Israel, and Russia Focus on Syria |
The Jerusalem Post | June 20, 2022 |
| U.S. - Israel Military-to-Military Relations Heat Up |
The Jerusalem Post | May 20, 2022 |
| Is the New Wave of Terror in Israel Part of a Return to Jihad? |
The Jerusalem Post | March 31, 2022 |
| Sudan Coup Follows Prevailing Arab World Trend |
The Jerusalem Post | October 28, 2021 |
| Fighting and Hugging in the Middle East |
BESA Center Perspectives | March 19, 2021 |
| The End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict |
JNS | September 6, 2020 |
| COVID-19 Widens the Divide in the Fractured Middle East |
The Hill | March 28, 2020 |
| The Middle East in Flux: Eight Trends |
The Washington Times | November 11, 2019 |
| Iraqis Remember ISIS Massacres Five Years Later |
The Jerusalem Post | June 12, 2019 |
| Arab Spring: The Second Coming? |
The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security | May 1, 2019 |
| UAE and Saudi Arabia Go Big on Investment in Post-Bashir Sudan |
The Jerusalem Post | April 22, 2019 |
| Riding the Tides: Jordan Sits at a Crossroads of Middle Eastern Dilemmas |
The Jerusalem Post | April 20, 2019 |
| Israel's Election Results Show Broad Consensus on Diplomacy and Defense |
The Jerusalem Post | April 16, 2019 |
| Sudan Crisis Impacts Whole Middle East |
The Jerusalem Post | April 11, 2019 |
| Egypt's Key Role in a Year of Gaza Ceasefires |
The Jerusalem Post | March 28, 2019 |
| Gulf Countries Issue Tepid Criticism of U.S. Over Golan Recognition |
The Jerusalem Post | March 26, 2019 |
| Ferry Tragedy and Corruption in Mosul Affect All Iraq |
The Jerusalem Post | March 25, 2019 |
| Iran-Backed Militias Step Up the Battle in Iraq |
Wall Street Journal | March 18, 2019 |
| Why Didn't Algeria Light a New Fuse By Now? |
The Jerusalem Post | March 15, 2019 |
| Iran's 'Road to the Sea' Exposed on Golan |
The Jerusalem Post | March 13, 2019 |
| Iran and Turkey Media Push Conspiracy Theories About U.S., ISIS |
The Jerusalem Post | March 4, 2019 |
| Arab Armies Under the Microscope |
The Jerusalem Post | February 13, 2019 |
| The Middle East's Tectonic Shifts |
The Jerusalem Post | February 8, 2019 |
| The Political Map Drawn 100 Years Ago by the French Still Haunts Syria |
The Jerusalem Post | February 1, 2019 |
| The Middle East Forum at 25: Failure and Success |
The Jerusalem Post | January 24, 2019 |
| Hashd Formations of Iraq: Interview with Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq |
aymennjawad.org | January 18, 2019 |
| Erdoğan Is Wrong on Syria. Turkey Cannot Get the Job Done. |
Gatestone Institute | January 15, 2019 |
| Where is Turkish Industry 5.0? |
Sigma Turkey | January 7, 2019 |
| A Lesson from Syria: US Military, Political Goals Must Align |
The Hill | January 4, 2019 |
| What's Behind Sudanese Presidential Al-Bashar Going to Meet Syria's Assad |
The Jerusalem Post | December 17, 2018 |
| In the Middle East, You Win with Fear |
Israel Hayom | November 13, 2018 |
| The Return of ISIS |
Jonathanspyer.com | November 2, 2018 |
| Iran's Dangerous Game in Gaza |
Jerusalem Post | October 27, 2018 |
| "Genocide Against Christians" |
Gatestone Institute | October 14, 2018 |
| Turkey's Revolution Looks like Iran's - but in Slow Motion |
Gatestone Institute | October 10, 2018 |
| Pakistan: Death or Life for Christian "Blasphemer"? |
Gatestone Institute | October 10, 2018 |
| Islamic State Shifts from Provinces and Governance to Global Insurgency |
International Peace Institute: Global Observatory | September 26, 2018 |
| "Al Shabaab Are Now Hunting down the Children in Mogadishu" |
Gatestone Institute | September 23, 2018 |
| Whitewashing Far-Right Parties in the Middle East |
Jerusalem Post | July 30, 2018 |
| Why There's Muslim Violence, but not Christian Violence, in the Middle East |
FrontPage Magazine | December 27, 2017 |
| Why There Is No Peace in the Middle East |
The Gatestone Institute | October 14, 2017 |
| Who's Up and Who's Down in the Middle East |
Israel Hayom | August 24, 2017 |
| Violence against Women: Some Inconvenient Data for the Corrupt UN |
The Gatestone Institute | June 28, 2017 |
| Only Washington Can Forge a Moderate Mideast Axis |
The Jerusalem Post | February 4, 2017 |
| Trump's Choices in the Middle East |
The Boston Globe | December 8, 2016 |
| The Middle East Can't Be Fixed |
BESA Center Perspectives | September 1, 2016 |
| The Foul Legacy of Sykes-Picot |
The Washington Times | May 9, 2016 |
| Tribalism Drives Middle East Violence |
Independent Journal Review | March 25, 2016 |
| Does the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Still Matter? |
The National Post | January 11, 2016 |
| Middle East Provocations and Predictions |
The Mackenzie Institute | September 9, 2015 |
| The Middle East Runs out of Water |
The Washington Times | May 8, 2015 |
| Cartoons, Muslim Anguish, and Modernity |
Asia Times Online | May 6, 2015 |
| The Mideast Battle Lines Are Drawn |
The Jerusalem Report | April 16, 2015 |
| The Middle East Turmoil and Israel's Security |
International Relations and Security Network (ISN) | April 13, 2015 |
| The Middle East: In the Shadow of the Gunmen |
PJ Media | April 4, 2015 |
| A New Chapter in the Sunni-Shiite War |
The Jerusalem Post | April 4, 2015 |
| Why Yemen Matters |
The Washington Times | March 28, 2015 |
| Security Challenges of the New Israeli Government |
BESA Center Perspectives | March 19, 2015 |
| The World Bows to Iranian Regional Hegemony |
Asia Times Online | March 4, 2015 |
| Syria's Civil War Could Stabilize Its Region |
The Washington Times | February 26, 2015 |
| Turkey's Davutoglu Still Wants a "New Middle East" |
The Gatestone Institute | February 10, 2015 |
| Qatar Seeks Reconciliation with Saudi-Egypt Axis |
The Jerusalem Post | January 11, 2015 |
| Turkey: No Longer a "Rock Star" on Arab Street |
The Gatestone Institute | October 27, 2014 |
| As the World Turns: Will the West Prevail? |
World Affairs | September/October 2014 |
| Does Kerry Think that 18 Million Muslim Refugees Are Irrelevant to ISIS? |
PJ Media | October 20, 2014 |
| Iran Remains the Threat in the Middle East |
BESA Center Perspectives | October 19, 2014 |
| Is the "Islamic State" a Good Thing? |
FrontPage Magazine | October 2, 2014 |
| 14 Million Refugees Make the Levant Unmanageable |
PJ Media | September 8, 2014 |
| Connecting the Dots |
The Jerusalem Post | August 31, 2014 |
| Sherman's 300,000 and the Caliphate's Three Million |
Asia Times | August 12, 2014 |
| New Islamic Caliphate Declares Jihad on … Muslims |
FrontPage Magazine | July 18, 2014 |
| The One-State Solution Is on Our Doorstep |
Tablet Magazine | July 14, 2014 |
| Sadly, There's Nothing the U.S. Can Do to Save Iraq |
The National Post | June 27, 2014 |
| War Across the Borders |
PJ Media | March 28, 2014 |
| With Iraq on the Brink, a New Sunni Insurgency Emerges |
PJ Media | March 20, 2014 |
| Shifting Mideast Sands Reveal New Alliances |
PJ Media | March 14, 2014 |
| Islam's Inadvertent Patterns |
The Washington Times | March 10, 2014 |
| Do 'Syria,' 'Iraq' and 'Lebanon' Still Exist? |
The Tower | February 2014 |
| The Sick Middle East |
The Washington Times | January 24, 2014 |
| Muslim Civil Wars Stem from a Crisis of Civilization |
PJ Media | June 5, 2013 |
| The U.S. versus the 'Shi'ite Crescent'? |
The Jerusalem Post | February 5, 2013 |
| The Islamic Schoolyard-Bully and Obama's America |
FrontPageMagazine.com | October 18, 2012 |
| Parallel Betrayals: Iranian Revolution and Arab Spring |
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 18, 2012 |
| The Arabs as Seen Fifty Years Ago |
The Washington Times | March 6, 2012 |
| The Middle East's real apartheid |
The Jerusalem Post | March 5, 2012 |
| Chaos: The new 'status quo' |
Ha'aretz | February 17, 2012 |
| Sunni Realignments |
The American Spectator | December 9, 2011 |
| Overviewing Shi'a-Sunni Conflicts |
Israel National News | December 2, 2011 |
| Friendless in the Middle East |
National Review Online | November 8, 2011 |
| The Arab Spring and the Jews |
Israel National News | October 6, 2011 |
| Middle Eastern Christians and anti-Semitism |
The Jerusalem Post | August 2, 2011 |
| Casual Hate: The Subtle Side of Christian Persecution |
FrontPageMagazine.com | July 20, 2011 |
| Four Middle Eastern Upheavals |
FoxNews.com | March 29, 2011 |
| My Optimism about the New Arab Revolt |
National Review Online | March 1, 2011 |
| Pouring Cold Water on WikiLeaks |
National Review Online | December 14, 2010 |
| The Palestinians, Alone |
The New York Times | August 2, 2010 |
| In Mideast, Bet on a Strong Horse |
National Review Online | February 16, 2010 |
| The Middle Eastern Cold War |
Jerusalem Post | June 17, 2009 |
| Caught on Tape: The Middle East's Culture of Cruelty |
FrontPageMagazine.com | May 15, 2009 |
| The Middle East's Tribal Affliction |
Jerusalem Post | January 24, 2008 |
| Waning Support for Suicide-Attacks in the Muslim World? |
FrontPageMagazine.com | August 13, 2007 |
| Countries Threatened with Extinction |
New York Sun | August 7, 2007 |
| Red Mosque in Rebellion |
New York Sun | July 17, 2007 |
| "Is the West Racist Toward Muslims and Arabs?" |
Bitterlemons International | August 31, 2006 |
| About Those Iraqi WMD |
New York Sun | April 25, 2006 |
| How the Cartoon Protests Harm Muslims [by Leading to a Separation of Civilizations] |
New York Sun | February 14, 2006 |
| Winning the Propaganda War [versus Radical Islam] |
New York Sun | December 27, 2005 |
| The Middle East's real bane: corruption |
Daily Star (Beirut) | November 18, 2005 |
| From Nationalism to Fascism to Terror |
Private Papers | September 4, 2005 |
| A Neo-Conservative's Caution |
New York Sun | March 8, 2005 |
| Christians Disappearing From Iraq |
New York Sun | August 24, 2004 |
| Hating Valentine's Day |
New York Sun | February 17, 2004 |
| After Saddam? Remaking the Mideast |
New York Post | February 11, 2003 |
| Nothing succeeds like failure |
Jerusalem Post | February 28, 2001 |
| Where Does Religious Freedom Exist? |
Jewish Exponent | September 23, 1999 |
| [Antonius, Arafat, Said Become Palestinian:] A Good Career Move |
Jerusalem Post | September 7, 1999 |
| How Kosovo Plays in the Middle East |
National Post | May 19, 1999 |
| The Real "New Middle East" |
Commentary | November 1998 |
| Why Syria and Turkey Gird for War |
Wall Street Journal Europe | October 9, 1998 |
| The Establishment's Power |
Middle East Forum Wire | January 1, 1997 |
| The Middle East [in 1995, the Year in Review]: Between Peace and Jihad |
Freedom Review | January-February 1996 |
| Arabs Criticize Illogic and Tyranny |
Middle East Forum Wire | December 1, 1995 |
| The Paranoid Style in Mideast Politics |
Washington Post | November 6, 1994 |
| Identifying Friend and Enemy In the Complex Islamic World |
The Northern Centinel | September 1994 |
| Palestinians vs. the Arabs |
Middle East Forum Wire | August 1, 1994 |
| The End of the Reign of Optimism in the Middle East |
Washington Times | March 16, 1994 |
| Middle East Had Bright Spots But Dark Clouds Forming |
Philadelphia Inquirer | January 9, 1994 |
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Reviews
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| Title |
Publication |
Date |
| Revisiting the Arab Uprisings: The Politics of a Revolutionary Moment |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2020 |
| Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab World. |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2016 |
| Youth and Revolution in the Changing Middle East, 1908-2014 |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2016 |
| Will the Middle East Implode? |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2015 |
| The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation Is Changing the Middle East |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2015 |
| Islam in Europa, Revolten in Mittelost: Islamismus und Genozid von Wilhelm II. und Enver Pascha über Hitler und al-Husaini bis Arafat, Usama Bin Ladin und Ahmadinejad sowie Gespräche mit Bernard Lewis |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2015 |
| The Iraq Effect: The Middle East after the Iraq War |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2011 |
| The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2010 |
| A Political Economy of the Middle East |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2010 |
| Beyond the Arab Disease: New Perspectives in Politics and Culture |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2007 |
| The Battle of Ideas in the War on Terror: Essays on U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Middle East |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2006 |
| Arab Human Development Report 2004: Towards Freedom in the Arab World |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2006 |
| Mullahs, Merchants, and Militants: The Economic Collapse of the Arab World |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2005 |
| Employment Creation and Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2004 |
| Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2004 |
| The Tragedy of the Middle East |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2004 |
| The Middle East in 2015: The Impact of Regional Trends on U.S. Strategic Planning |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2003 |
| Al-Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network Scooped the World and Changed the Middle East |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2003 |
| The Arab World Facing the Challenge of the New Millennium |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2003 |
| Legacy of the Prophet: Despots, Democrats, and the New Politics of Islam |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2001 |
| Middle East Patterns: Places, People and Politics. 3rd edition |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2001 |
| Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2001 |
| The Multiple Identities of the Middle East |
Middle East Quarterly | June 2000 |
| Between Memory and Desire: The Middle East in a Troubled Age |
Middle East Quarterly | December 1999 |
| Economic Challenges Facing Middle Eastern and North African Countries: Alternative Futures |
Middle East Quarterly | September 1998 |
| Prospects for Middle Eastern and North African Economies: From Boom to Bust and Back? |
Middle East Quarterly | September 1998 |
| Population, Poverty, and Politics in Middle East Cities |
Middle East Quarterly | March 1998 |
| Militarism in Arab Society: An Historigraphical and Bibliographical Sourcebook |
Middle East Quarterly | March 1998 |
| Within the Circle: Parents and Children in an Arab Village |
Middle East Quarterly | December 1997 |
| Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Westerners |
Middle East Quarterly | June 1997 |
| Arabic Comic Strips: Politics of an Emerging Mass Culture |
Middle East Quarterly | March 1995 |
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Webinars
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| Title |
Publication |
Date |
| Catherine Perez-Shakdam on Unveiling Iran's Modus Operandi: Challenges and Responses |
Middle East Forum Webinar | August 28, 2023 |
| Hussain Abdul-Hussain on Iran's Push to Control Iraq |
Middle East Forum Webinar | January 20, 2023 |
| Diliman Abdulkader on Finding Peace and Stability for the Kurds |
Middle East Forum Webinar | December 16, 2022 |
| Jonathan Spyer: Is Erdoğan's Turkey Aiding in a Jihadist Takeover of Northwest Syria? |
Middle East Forum Webinar | November 4, 2022 |
| Joshua Teitelbaum on Israel and the Persian Gulf: Dawn of a New Era |
Middle East Forum Webinar | October 31, 2022 |
| Danielle Pletka: Is the Middle East Being 'Qatarized'? |
Middle East Forum Webinar | October 28, 2022 |
| Mindy Belz: Are the Kurds on Their Own? |
Middle East Forum Webinar | October 14, 2022 |
| Zuhdi Jasser on Islamists Vs. Muslim Reformists: How the Battle Has Evolved Since 9/11 |
Middle East Forum Webinar | September 30, 2022 |
| Jason Greenblatt: Why Trump's Middle East Diplomacy Succeeded |
Middle East Forum Webinar | August 5, 2022 |
| Michael Mandelbaum on How the Past Foreshadows the Future in U.S. Middle East Policy |
Middle East Forum Webinar | June 17, 2022 |
| Robert Spencer on Why Islam Waxes and Wanes |
| April 27, 2020 |
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