Spotlight: The Biden Administration

President Joe Biden comes into office with a long track record on most public policy issues and an avowed determination to set a new course for the United States.

Middle East Forum staff, fellows, and commissioned specialists have closely studied his actions and statements on U.S. policy toward Israel, Iran, Turkey, and the Arab Gulf, as well as on Islamism and antisemitism. See the selections at right.

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Biden Must Not Reprise Obama’s Middle East Policy
by Eric James Bordenkircher (Winter 2021)

Wave of ‘Extra-Continental’ Migrants Predicted in Biden’s First Year
by Todd Bensman (Dec 18, 2020)

Daniel Pipes on the Biden Administration and the Middle East
(Dec 1, 2020)

Biden Should Allow Investigations of Academe’s Foreign Funding Scandals to Proceed
by Winfield Myers (Nov 20, 2020)

The US Election: Preliminary Lessons for US Allies
by Alexander H. Joffe (Nov 16, 2020)

What Biden’s Victory Means for Turkey
by Burak Bekdil (Nov 11, 2020)

How Biden Will Turn the Clock Back in the Middle East
by Philip Carl Salzman (Nov 10, 2020)

Biden Condemns Anti-Semitism While Ignoring Democrats Who Support It
by Benjamin Baird (Sep 12, 2020)

Joe Biden Courts Islam, not Muslims
by Mark Durie (Aug 12, 2020)

Deciphering Bidenese
by Daniel Pipes (Jun 15, 2020)

For Israel, Biden Will Prove Worse than Bernie
by Matthew Mainen (May 3, 2020)

Why Do Democrats Want to Save Iran’s Theocracy?
by A.J. Caschetta (Apr 24, 2020)

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