Middle East Forum Observer
Middle East Forum Observer
Founded in 2024, the Observer provides rapid analysis on leading Middle East developments, from Marrakech to Mashhad and the Bab el-Mandeb to the Black Sea.
Closer Observation - Iran
The International Energy Agency Confirms the Scale of Cairo’s Vulnerability Across Distinct Assessment Periods
Recent Posts
The Trump Administration’s Approach to Sudan Is Right, and in a Normal World It Would Command Bipartisan Support
Iran’s Official Stance on the Treaty Has Not Changed but a Range of Iranian Officials Now Push for a Withdrawal
No Government Should Use Information Gathered Abroad to Punish People for Exercising Freedom of Expression
A Broader Political Agenda Would Strengthen Their Case for Cultural and Political Recognition
Iraqi-Iranian Security Treaties Reveal the Illusion of National Control
More than One Stakeholder Among Many, Ethiopia Is a Determinant of the Regional Balance of Power
Canberra Sits Beside Muslim-Majority Democracies Where Brotherhood Thinking Entered Mainstream Politics Decades Ago
By Pushing a Turk for the Position, Erdoğan Seeks to Extend His Policy Reach and Implement His Ideological Program
As Mogadishu Fights Its Political Rivals, Al-Shabaab Recovers Territory in Central Somalia
Latest from MEF
End ‘Crazy State’ Israel’s ‘Silent Apartheid’ with a Single State Solution
New Delhi Needs to Speak up Now and Demand That the Next U.N. Secretary-General Not Be Anti-India or Pursue Agendas Inimical to Peace in South Asia
A Sculpture Inscribed ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Commemorating the Iranian Women’s Uprising Was Censored by Macalester College
Bahraini Activist Group Eulogized Hassan Nasrallah in Now-Deleted Newsletter
Israel’s Next Government Could Depend on Who Concludes That Compromise Is Less Dangerous than Keeping Every Promise
International Peacekeeping Cannot Indefinitely Substitute for Sovereign Defense, and Managing Its Departure Requires an Independent Doctrine
