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
Audio, Video and Transcripts
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.
Audio, Video and Transcripts
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
Audio, Video and Transcripts
The Counter-Erdoğan Coalition: Taking on Turkey’s Strongman
May 17, 2023
Winfield Myers
Audio, Video and Transcripts
Salvaging Our Universities in an Era of Intellectual Decadence
May 17, 2023
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Winfield Myers
Winfield Myers
Audio, Video and Transcripts
The Challenges of Countering Islamism in the West
May 17, 2023
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Sam Westrop
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MK Ohad Tal (Religious Zionism), co-chair of the Knesset Eastern Mediterranean Cooperation Caucus, warned the Knesset today that Turkey under Erdoğan is “rapidly and powerfully becoming a threat that, in the not-so-distant future, could be much greater even than the Iranian threat.”
Press Releases
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Middle East Forum Online
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December 3, 2025
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Lazar Berman
The Democratic Revolutionary Awakening Council (DRAC) was founded in 2008; its role was officially inaugurated in 2013. DRAC became opposed to the Sudanese government in 2017.
Middle East Forum Online
The War in Sudan: Interview with a Pro-Rapid Support Forces Faction
An Interview with a Representative of the Democratic Revolutionary Awakening Council
December 3, 2025
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi at a March 2023 session of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
Middle East Forum Observer
Has Reza Pahlavi Become the Opposition to Iran’s Opposition?
Exposure of the Regime’s Cyber Activities and Efforts to Co-Opt Monarchists Raise Questions About Who Is Co-Opting Whom
December 3, 2025
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Alireza Nader
Pope Leo XIV.
Middle East Forum Observer
President Erdoğan and Pope Leo Weaponize Papal Pilgrimage Against Israel
Critics Slam Pontiff for Honoring Dictator Who Inspired Hitler and Massacred Christians
December 3, 2025
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Jules Gomes
An aerial view of Damascus, Syria, in September 2025. The country has massive infrastructure damage from years of civil war.
Middle East Forum Observer
Hope and Anxiety Over Syria’s Economic Revival
Extreme Poverty Now Affects One in Four Syrians and the Country’s Economy Is Worth Less than One-Third of What It Was in 2011
December 3, 2025
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Dalga Khatinoglu
Press Releases
Winter MEQ Examines Islam’s Golden Age, Evangelicals and Israel, Turkish Drones, and Churchill’s Zionism
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
December 2, 2025
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Middle East Forum Observer
Saudi Arabia’s Sudan Proxy Goes ‘Off the Reservation’
The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council Accuses U.S. Envoy of Bias in Peace Plan to End Sudanese Civil War
December 2, 2025
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Fernando Carvajal
The primary danger of Islamism across North Africa is its systemic corrosion of the state, prioritizing ideological enforcement over national viability.
Middle East Forum Online
Why U.S. Policy Must Reject Both Islamism and Autocratic Chaos in North Africa
The Trump Administration’s Decision to Initiate the Designation of Key Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Foreign Terrorist Organizations Is an Act of Strategic Clarity
December 1, 2025
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Amine Ayoub
Book Reviews
October 7: The Wars Over Words and Deeds
By Asaf Romirowsky and Donna Robinson Divine •
Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2025. 344 pp., $49 (hardcover and eBook)

Reviewed by Mitchell Bard
December 1, 2025