Webinars

Middle East Forum webinars feature a brief video presentation by one or two specialists, followed by a question-and-answer period. To view past webinars, click on the links below.

Participation in the webinars as they take place requires advance registration and the Zoom application on a computer, tablet, or smartphone. Sign up for forthcoming webinars.

Title Date
Eran Ortal on Israel's Defense Strategy after October 7: New Thinking Needed April 8, 2024
Nicholas Krohley on How to Defeat Iran's Proxy Militias April 5, 2024
Zvi Hauser: The Middle East's Historic Moment March 18, 2024
Dexter Van Zile: How the Nation of Islam Infiltrates the Mainstream – and How to Expel It March 15, 2024
Uzi Rubin on Iran's Missiles and Iran's Ambitions March 11, 2024
Michael Pregent on How Turkey, Qatar, and Iraq Are Exploiting Their U.S. Military Assets March 4, 2024
Bruce Bechtol on North Korea and the Middle East February 26, 2024
Gregg Roman on Moving Israel Towards Victory February 23, 2024
Hanan Fridman: The Land Solution to Houthi Missiles in the Red Sea February 19, 2024
Dexter Van Zile: Boston Welcomes Pro-Hamas Hate February 16, 2024
Michael Rubin on Red Sea Security and the Houthi Challenge February 12, 2024
Vahid Beheshti: My Plan to Bring Down the Iranian Regime February 5, 2024
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour on October 7th and the Left January 29, 2024
Richard Kemp on the Middle East's Widening War January 22, 2024
Daniel Pipes: Making Sense of the Hamas-Israel War January 15, 2024
Dexter Van Zile: Is CAIR on the Ropes? December 18, 2023
Middle East Forum Roundtable: Oberlin College 'Suspends' Professor Mahallati December 11, 2023
Ran Ichay on Former Soviet Central Asia and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict December 4, 2023
Hannah Baldock: Have the UK's Pro-Jihadis Gone too Far? November 27, 2023
Charlie Weimers on How to Develop a Robust EU Policy toward Iran November 18, 2023
Adi Schwartz: The Middle East After October 7th November 13, 2023
Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff: When Speech Ceases to be Free November 6, 2023
Jim Hanson on Waging Lawful Warfare Against War Criminals October 30, 2023
Turkey and Qatar Support Hamas: How to Respond? October 27, 2023
Alex Selsky and Benjamin Baird: Gaza War Update October 23, 2023
Kenneth Levin on How the Oslo Syndrome Led to the Gaza War October 20, 2023
Aryeh Lightstone on the Wider Implications of the Fighting in Gaza October 16, 2023
Susannah Johnston: Locally and Nationally, Your Taxes Are Funding Pro-Hamas Islamists October 11, 2023
Understanding the Hamas War on Israel October 9, 2023
Nizar Zakka on Iran and Hostage Diplomacy October 6, 2023
David Rose on Revealing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Activities in Britain October 2, 2023
Amatzia Baram on Hezbollah's Growing Audacity on the Israeli-Lebanese Border September 29, 2023
Rami Aman: The Price of Standing Up to Hamas in Gaza September 22, 2023
Yehudit Barsky on Islamist Antisemitism in the West September 18, 2023
Daniel Pipes on The Oslo Accords: Lessons Learned September 13, 2023
Asad Noor: Why Western Islamists Want to Murder Me September 8, 2023
Catherine Perez-Shakdam on Unveiling Iran's Modus Operandi: Challenges and Responses August 28, 2023
Eugene Volokh on Boycotts, Discrimination, and the First Amendment August 25, 2023
Hanin Ghaddar on Hezbollah's Quandary – More Power but More Hated August 21, 2023
Gregg Roman: Defining U.S. Policy Toward the Azerbaijan-Armenia Conflict August 18, 2023
Sarit Zehavi: Is War between Israel and Hizbullah Imminent? August 14, 2023
Naser Khader on Making Sense of Koran Burnings in Sweden and Denmark August 11, 2023
Mordechai Kedar: What Will Israel's Next War Look Like? August 7, 2023
Robert Satloff on Prospects for the Normalization of Saudi-Israeli Relations August 4, 2023
Benjamin Baird: Enough Talk! How Do We Counter Islamism Across America? July 31, 2023
Endy Zemenides: Will Erdoğan's Charm Campaign Succeed? July 24, 2023
Sirwan Kajjo on U.S. Forces in Syria: What Role Do They Play? July 21, 2023
Mohamed Farid on China in Egypt and the Middle East July 17, 2023
Edward Luttwak: Focus on the Palestinians, Not Their Leaders July 14, 2023
Dexter Van Zile on Land Acknowledgements and the Delegitimization of Israel July 10, 2023
Florence Bergeaud-Blackler on the Muslim-Led Riots That Left France in Flames July 3, 2023
Jason Brodsky: Did Washington Sufficiently Support Iran's Revolutionaries? June 30, 2023
Pinar Tremblay on Understanding Erdoğan's Victory June 26, 2023
Natan Sharansky: Israel Should Be "Much More Involved" in Ukraine War Effort June 19, 2023
Soeren Kern on Europe's Alarming New Migrant Crisis June 16, 2023
David Adesnik on Washington and Damascus: Make-Up Time? June 12, 2023
Imam Mohammad Tawhidi on Peace Between Jews and Muslims: Permissible and Achievable June 9, 2023
Robert Rabil on the Tragedy of Lebanon June 5, 2023
Oren Kessler on "Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and Roots of the Middle East Conflict" June 2, 2023
Javad Hashmi: Who Will Lead American Islam? May 27, 2023
Itamar Marcus on Rejectionism in Palestinian Children's Education May 22, 2023
Jordan Cope: How Effective Are the Middle East's State-Run Media? May 12, 2023
Reed Rubinstein on Foreign Influence on Campus May 8, 2023
Collin May: How the 'Islamophobia' Accusation Damaged Me May 5, 2023
Izabella Tabarovsky: The Sinister Legacy of Soviet Anti-Israel Propaganda May 1, 2023
Sam Westrop on Americans vs Europeans: Guess Who Deals Better with Islamism? April 28, 2023