History
History Suggests Kurdish Militancy Inside Iran Could Strengthen Tehran Rather Than Weaken It.
The Death of Ali Khamenei and the End of Political Islam’s Century-Long Experiment in Power
The End of ‘Kicking the Can’
It Is Clear That the Islamic Republic’s Strategy Will Simply Be to Survive
UBS Has Spent Two Decades Violating U.S. Sanctions, Obstructing Investigations, and Laundering Money for America’s Enemies
For Nearly Eight Decades, the International Community Has Coddled a Unique and Dangerous Fiction: The Perpetual Palestinian Arab Refugee
Every Nation Has Its Founding Myths; Few Have Been So Thoroughly Imprisoned and Crushed by Them
Genuine Reconciliation in Qumhane Does Not Appear to Be Imminent
The Price of Freeing Oneself from the Dictatorship of Islamic Slippers Will Be Far Higher than the Fall of a Gray Communist Mini-State Beyond the Rhine
Should Trump Take Kharg, Rather than Destroy It, He Can Ensure the Regime Can Never Again Pay the Salaries of Its Bureaucrats and Soldiers
According to Reports Filtering Out of Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Have Killed Thousands of Iranian Protesters
Iran’s Protests Are Part of a New Phase of Unrest in the Islamic Republic That Began in 2017
From the Israeli and Jewish Point of View, the Emergence of This State of Affairs Isn’t So Bad
The Conquest Tradition, Proud and Unembarrassed in the Classical Sources, Is Incompatible with Modern Ideals
In Libya, the 1951 Independence Constitution—and the Senussi Monarchy It Enshrines—Are Increasingly Viewed as the Only Legitimate Path Forward
The Pope Asks Europe to Follow Lebanon’s Example
The Middle East Quarterly, MEF’s Journal Intended for Both Scholars and the Educated Public, Features Historical Articles and Book Reviews on Subjects Ranging from Archaeology to Politics
‘This is Berlin; long live the Arabs!’
Let’s Have No More Euphemisms like ‘The Tragedy of October 7' or ‘The Events of October 7'