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.

To see a listing of forthcoming MEF events, please click here.

Audio, Video and Transcripts
Gregg Roman Testifies Before the Knesset on the Cost of Redeeming Hostages
The Mishnah Warns Against Redeeming Captives at Exorbitant Prices—Not from Callousness, but from Wisdom
December 24, 2025
Audio, Video and Transcripts
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 Challenges of Countering Islamism in the West
May 17, 2023
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Sam Westrop
Winfield Myers
Audio, Video and Transcripts
Salvaging Our Universities in an Era of Intellectual Decadence
May 17, 2023
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Winfield Myers
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Large columns of smoke billow above residential neighborhoods following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran, on March 12, 2026.
Press Releases
New MEF Report: Bombs Have Weakened the Iranian Regime, but Only Politics Can Replace It
Seth D. Kaplan Maps a Path to Replacing the Islamic Republic with a Stable, Democratic, and Internationally Integrated Iranian State.
October 28, 2026
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Fracturing the Iranian Regime
From Pressure to Transition: An Integrated Strategy for Political Change in Iran
October 28, 2026
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Seth D. Kaplan
Burning cars, barricades, and fires in streets of Paris at night during rioting by adherents of the red-green alliance; October 17, 2026.
Middle East Forum Online
Paris Calls, Jerusalem Responds. The Head of Israeli Intelligence Is in Paris to Lend a Hand
France Is Currently One of the Nations Most Critical of Israel
October 28, 2026
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Giulio Meotti
Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya swiftly categorized the fatal shooting as an extremist terrorist attack, while King Abdullah II (above in 2025) vowed the harshest penalties for those responsible.
Middle East Forum Online
Karak Church Attack Tests Jordan’s Response. Israel Has a Stake in the Outcome
Jordan’s Sovereign Stability Remains the Ultimate Strategic Buffer Preventing Extremist Chaos from Engulfing the Jordan Valley
October 28, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Baghdad, Iraq, in March 2025.
Middle East Forum Observer
Iran Regime Change Could Split Iraq
Control of the Southern Region’s Oil Fields, Ports, Border Crossings, and Shrine Cities Would Support Militia Autonomy
October 28, 2026
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Ali Mahmoud
The most significant aspect of the Trump-Netanyahu meeting is, of course, the US president’s proposal itself. If implemented, it would represent Israel’s most direct path to victory in Gaza. Photo: At the White House, April 7, 2025.
Middle East Forum Online
After Months of Threats by Trump, Resumption of Iran War Now Seems Inevitable
Israel Seems to Be Champing at the Bit to Resume the Fight Against Iran
October 27, 2026
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Lazar Berman
The nintth-century Dadivank Monastery rises above ancient stone walls in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Letters to the Editor
Rethinking the Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Process
October 27, 2026
Rep. Romman tells supporters that “we’re going back to the whole like collecting pledges thing” and that they could "write checks but dated for April 3rd.” Georgia law bars legislators from seeking pledges or contributions while the General Assembly is in session.
FWI News
Georgia Legislator Faces Ethics Complaint over Fundraising
Candidate Ruwa Romman Allegedly Told Supporters How to Skirt Campaign Finance Laws
October 27, 2026
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Mahyar Entezari
A woman holds the Israeli flag and a flower during a ceremony commemorating the October 7, 2023, attacks.
Middle East Forum Observer
Israel ‘Will Not Agree, Under Any Circumstances, to the Establishment of a Palestinian State’
Interview with former National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat
October 27, 2026
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Alex Selsky
Newly installed Syrian flagpoles at the Semalka border crossing between Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan, October 20, 2026.
Middle East Forum Observer
Dispatch from Syrian Kurdistan
In Smaller Cities, the Political and Security Landscape Remains Largely Unchanged, Aside from Administrative Changes
October 27, 2026
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Sirwan Kajjo