After the Iran War, Who Decides? A Post-Midterm Assessment

Please join Gregg Roman, Executive Director of the Middle East Forum, for a private lunch on the contest over American Middle East policy after the Iran war. The war settled some questions about Iran’s regime and left the larger one open: whether Washington will keep making decisions from the center, or cede them to the extremes. On the far left, the campaign to isolate Israel and rehabilitate Tehran has moved from campuses into caucuses; on the far right, a rising isolationism dresses retreat as restraint. With the midterm election just behind us, Gregg will read the new political map, name where the two flanks now overlap, and lay out how the Forum is working to keep U.S. strategy, defense priorities, and regional partnerships anchored in American interests.

📅 Monday, November 16, 2026
📍Los Angeles, CA (Exact location will be provided upon registration)
🕕 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm