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 Islamic Republic’s Strategy Has Always Been a Masterpiece of Strategic Ambiguity and Risk Management
Recent Posts
Critics Slam Pontiff for Honoring Dictator Who Inspired Hitler and Massacred Christians
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
The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council Accuses U.S. Envoy of Bias in Peace Plan to End Sudanese Civil War
Iran’s Supreme Leader Played to an Audience Within the Regime, Having Given up on ‘The People’ and Fearing Another Revolt
Today’s International Court of Justice Draws Judges from Legal, Cultural, and Political Traditions with No Common Philosophical Core
The Platform’s New Location Policy Has Unmasked Accounts Broadcasting Narratives and Debates to Influence Politics in the West
Through Unrestricted Internet Access, a Few Hundred Prominent Users Quietly Defended the Regime While Posing as Dissidents
Vahid Abedini, an Iranian National and Assistant Professor of Iranian Studies, Called Israel ‘The First-Degree Enemy’ of Islamists and Arabs
Washington Should Designate the Maduro Regime as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Given Its Ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah
Latest from MEF
Students for Justice in Palestine Has Dwindled from a Force to a Farce
The United States Is Entering a Critical Phase in Its Encounter with Political Islam
The Revelation Exposes Yet Another Layer of Ankara’s Increasingly Aggressive Campaign of Transnational Repression
Critics Ridicule Unstable Alliance of Socialists and Islamists in Britain’s New Political Party
Israeli Forces Conducted the Raid on the Basis of Dismantling an ‘Islamic Group’ and/or Hamas Cell That Was Plotting to Attack Israel
Muslim Groups Suing Researchers for Documenting Growing Radicalism
