MEF Wires

Middle East Forum Wires are summary accounts and audio recordings of MEF speaking events.

Wires are written by MEF staff and (when summary accounts) are generally not reviewed by the speaker.

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Eastern Mediterranean Contributions to Middle East Security
The Middle East Forum participated in a high-level panel on “Eastern Mediterranean Contributions to Middle East Security” at the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece.
April 18, 2025
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The Middle East: Harris and Trump Policies Explained
November 4, 2024
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Ahnaf Kalam
Fluttering Israel flag on crimson red sky with smoke pillars background. Israel problems concept.
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Israel’s Crucible: Forging a New Security Paradigm
Navigating Complex Threats from Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and Beyond in a Shifting Middle East Landscape
October 6, 2024
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Gregg Roman
Winfield Myers
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The Challenges of Countering Islamism in the West
May 17, 2023
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Sam Westrop
Winfield Myers
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The Counter-Erdoğan Coalition: Taking on Turkey’s Strongman
May 17, 2023
Winfield Myers
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Salvaging Our Universities in an Era of Intellectual Decadence
May 17, 2023
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Winfield Myers
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Antoun Sa’adeh (1904-1949, left), the Syrian ideologue who established the first cohesive fascist movement in the Arab world by consciously imitating German National Socialism, and his protégé Fayez Sayegh (1922-1980), who ultimately created the scholarly framework of “settler colonialism” that would capture the post-1968 New Left and became the principal author of 1975 UN Resolution 3379 which declared that “Zionism is racism.”
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The Man Who Made Zionism Into Settler Colonialism
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Final Disposition of Case in February 2026
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Jules Gomes
The Alawite and Syrian flags.
Middle East Forum Online
The Alawite Insurgency in Syria: Interview with ‘The Men of Light’
‘The Men of Light’ (Saraya Al-Jawad) Was Formed After the End of the Massacres on the Coast That Took Place in the Period 7-9 March 2025
November 13, 2025
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
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TRT's editorial content often mirrors the rhetoric and policies of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who consistently expresses an anti-West stance in public speeches, frequently bashes U.S. and European leaders, and threatens to attack neighboring Greece.
Middle East Forum Online
U.S. Flags Erdoğan Ally Turkish Hizbullah as Terrorist Group for Immigration Control
By Invoking the Terrorist Exclusion List Rather than FTO Designation, Washington Signals Concern but Skips a Diplomatic Confrontation
November 13, 2025
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Abdullah Bozkurt
Violent battles have taken place in recent years between government forces and Houthi rebels in the north of Hajjah, Yemen, bordering Saudi Arabia.
Middle East Forum Observer
Will the Houthis Prevail?
As International Indecision Persists, Yemen’s Iran-Backed Rebels Are Transforming from Local Insurgents Into Global Disruptors
November 13, 2025
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Khaled Alyemany
Turkey’s Libya gambit is doing more to fracture the Eastern Mediterranean than to secure Western energy. The so-called pivot is false, and the hazard is real.
Middle East Forum Online
Turkey’s ‘Pro American’ Energy Gambit Is a Geopolitical Hazard
Ankara Is Using Energy Deals to Expand Its Influence in Contested Waters and to Entrench Patronage Inside a Fragile, Divided Libya
November 12, 2025
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Amine Ayoub
A year after Israel halted its invasion of Lebanon with a highly favorable ceasefire, another IDF operation against Hezbollah looks increasingly inevitable. Above, an Israeli strike on Beirut, Nov. 26, 2024.
Middle East Forum Online
Alarmed by Hezbollah Rearming, Israel Presses Beirut to Act Before the IDF Has To
Israel Has Given Beirut an Ultimatum That It Will Carry Out a Broad Operation If the Lebanese Armed Forces Do Not Step up Their Efforts
November 12, 2025
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Lazar Berman
If the U.N. or any external actor seeks to help Gaza recover, they must do so on terms that respect Israel’s fundamental right to defend itself.
Middle East Forum Online
Why Israel Must Have Veto Power Over Foreign Forces in Gaza
It Is the Only Rational Posture for a Country That Has Been Fighting an Existential Ideological War with Hamas for Decades
November 12, 2025
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Amine Ayoub
Anwar Ibrahim, prime minister of Malaysia and a top official of a Virginia Islamist network, meets and embrace the late terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh in 2024, just months after Haniyeh and his terror group planned, conducted and broadcast the murder from house to house of over a thousand Israelis, including children, during the October 7 attacks. Fellow Hamas terror leader Khaled Mashal was also present.
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