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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Winfield Myers
Audio, Video and Transcripts
War Against ISIS and the Future of Syria: A Conversation with Sinam Mohamad
May 16, 2023
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Jonathan Spyer
Winfield Myers
Audio, Video and Transcripts
‘All about Activism': Countering Foreign Influence in the West
May 16, 2023
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Benjamin Baird
Winfield Myers
Audio, Video and Transcripts
Former Iran Prisoner XiYue Wang: Academic Perfidy and Diplomatic Appeasement Embolden the Islamic Republic
May 16, 2023
Audio, Video and Transcripts
Islamism and Antisemitism in America
June 3, 2019
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Asaf Romirowsky
Audio, Video and Transcripts
What Is the Muslim Brotherhood?
April 24, 2019
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Cynthia Farahat
Audio, Video and Transcripts
President Trump’s “Deal of the Century,” Israel and Middle East Peace
April 2, 2019
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EJ Kimball
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Michael Rubin
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Iran’s Nuclear Program Should Be Destroyed. America Should Help
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Iran Is Too Weak to Wage a Ground War Against Israel
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June 16, 2025
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Jonathan Spyer
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Middle East Forum Online
The U.S. Must Help Topple the Iranian Regime
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June 16, 2025
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Eric Navarro
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