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Statecraft Reimagined 2025
Watch the panel discussions and keynote presentations from our 2025 policy conference, “Statecraft Reimagined” in Washington, D.C.
June 5, 2025
Strategic ties have expanded beyond Greece, Cyprus, and Israel to include Middle Eastern countries, the United States, and the European Union, moving well beyond energy into the security realm. This relationship has taken on new significance in the post-October 7 Middle East environment.
Reports
Eastern Mediterranean Contributions to Middle East Security: MEF at the Delphi Economic Forum
A Middle East Forum Report
April 18, 2025
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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.
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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
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The Counter-Erdoğan Coalition: Taking on Turkey’s Strongman
May 17, 2023
Winfield Myers
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Salvaging Our Universities in an Era of Intellectual Decadence
May 17, 2023
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Winfield Myers
Winfield Myers
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The Challenges of Countering Islamism in the West
May 17, 2023
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Sam Westrop
Winfield Myers
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War Against ISIS and the Future of Syria: A Conversation with Sinam Mohamad
May 16, 2023
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Jonathan Spyer
Winfield Myers
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‘All about Activism': Countering Foreign Influence in the West
May 16, 2023
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Benjamin Baird
Winfield Myers
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Former Iran Prisoner XiYue Wang: Academic Perfidy and Diplomatic Appeasement Embolden the Islamic Republic
May 16, 2023
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Islamism and Antisemitism in America
June 3, 2019
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Asaf Romirowsky
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Tehran is determined to link the two fronts (i.e., Iran/Hormuz and Lebanon), insisting that failure in one means failure in both. Iran hopes by so doing to formalize a mechanism by which it can both protect its main Levantine proxy and create and widen divisions between Washington and Jerusalem. Image: an Israeli air strike in Marjayoun, Lebanon on April 1, 2026.
Middle East Forum Online
Can Israel Fend off Hezbollah Without Alienating America?
Israel Has Sought Throughout to Detach Its Battle with the Iranian Proxy Group Hezbollah in Lebanon from the Negotiations
June 25, 2026
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Jonathan Spyer
Part political thriller and part moral reckoning, The Closing Window examines what happens when strategy leaves the conference room and lands on the shoulders of ordinary people.
Press Releases
Gregg Roman Releases New Literary Espionage Thriller—The Closing Window
In His Debut Thriller, Middle East Forum Executive Director Gregg Roman Follows an Air-Defense Colonel, a Labor Organizer, and a Nurse Trapped Inside a Fragile U.S.-Iran Ceasefire—And the 60-Day Clock Counting Down on the People Peace Left Behind
June 25, 2026
Federal prosecutors allege that members of the University of Michigan’s “Student Intifada” used threats, intimidation, and property destruction—conduct major newspapers have repeatedly framed as pro-Palestinian activism and a free-speech dispute.
Middle East Forum Online
The Media Minimizes University of Michigan’s Student Intifada
What the Coverage Leaves Out About the University of Michigan Indictments
June 25, 2026
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A.J. Caschetta