Especially with Young Iranians, What Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Represents Remains a Growing Force in Iran’s Political Imagination
Don’t Expect Major Reforms from the Turkish State Regarding Kurdish Communities
As the Saudis Failed to Rebuff the Houthis, Their Plan B Has Been to Appease Them and, by Extension, Iran
Even Tehran’s Media Now Ask About the Government’s Strategy and So Far, the Answer Is Unclear
By Recognizing a Palestinian State, the French President Unleashes Cascading Conflict
Working Group’s Report Will Remain Private, Lords Fear
Confidential Document Reveals Turkey’s Plot to Dodge INTERPOL Protocols and Hunt Down Exiled Reporter
Washington Must Immediately Pressure Jurisdictions That Enable Illicit Registrations and Allow Smuggled Aircraft Through
Houthi Attacks on Red Sea Shipping Persist as Ineffective U.N. Agreements Enable Their Strategy
Spotlight: What Next for Iran?
Sustained airstrikes by Israel on myriad military targets throughout Iran, coupled with a massive attack by United States bombers, did considerable damage to Iran’s nuclear program, humiliated the regime, and reduced its ability to terrorize the region. But the Islamic Republic has yet to be defanged.
What comes next? Is a deal with the wounded regime to cease uranium enrichment possible, or is further military action likely? How long is Israel willing to live with an Islamic Republic that remains committed to acquiring nuclear weapons? Despite public statements to the contrary, will Trump press for regime change? MEF experts weigh in on these and other pressing issues.
What comes next? Is a deal with the wounded regime to cease uranium enrichment possible, or is further military action likely? How long is Israel willing to live with an Islamic Republic that remains committed to acquiring nuclear weapons? Despite public statements to the contrary, will Trump press for regime change? MEF experts weigh in on these and other pressing issues.
Too Many Self-Proclaimed Leaders Have Become Commentators, Recycling Talking Points Instead of Organizing Networks Inside Iran
Middle East Quarterly - Current Issue
Founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, MEQ is the Middle East Forum’s journal intended for both scholars and the educated public. Policymakers, opinion-makers, academics, and journalists write for and read the Quarterly, which is known for exclusive interviews, in-depth historical articles, and book reviews on subjects ranging from archaeology to politics and on countries from Morocco to Iran.
Summer 2025 Volume 32: Number 3
Summer 2025 Volume 32: Number 3
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The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Is Ground Zero for Operatives from Qatar, Turkey, and Malaysia -
The Hearing Presented a Bipartisan Display of the Growing Frustration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Increasing Authoritarianism -
Todd Bensman and Joseph Humire Bring Years of Experience to Their New White House Roles
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The American President Eyed Syria as a Potential Addition to the Abraham Accords with the Aim of Normalizing Relations with Israel -
The Founding Fathers Wrote Their Words in the Milieu of the Judeo-Christian Biblical Heritage That Bound the Nation as One -
Israel’s ‘War of Necessity’ Was Launched amid the National Trauma of October 7 -
The Evangelical Emphasis on the Bible as a ‘Central Organizing Principle’ and Its Practice of Proselytizing Clash with Islam
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.
Launched in 2006, Islamist Watch is a project of the Middle East Forum. We work to combat the ideas and institutions of lawful Islamism in the United States and throughout the West. Arguing that “radical Islam is the problem, moderate Islam is the solution,” we seek to expose the Islamist organizations that currently dominate the debate, while identifying and promoting the work of moderate Muslims.
CAMPUS WATCH, a project of the Middle East Forum, reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America with an aim to improving them. The project mainly addresses five problems: analytical failures, the mixing of politics with scholarship, intolerance of alternative views, apologetics, and the abuse of power over students. Campus Watch fully respects the freedom of speech of those it debates while insisting on its own freedom to comment on their words and deeds.
Antisemitism
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The Most Exorbitant White-Washing Tactics Portray Student Protesters as Wiser and Better at Educating than the Universities Where They Protest -
In Southwestern Baden-Württemberg, a Shi’ite Terrorism Problem Is Spiraling Out of Control and the Threat Is Real -
The Prophet Muhammad Expropriated Jewish Property to Consolidate Power and Build the First Islamic State -
Canberra’s Indulgence of the Fringe Left Regarding Israel Increasingly Makes Australia a Liability for the United States
Gaza
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Contrary to What Some Academics and Journalists Claim, the Root of the Conflict Is Explained by Long-Standing Israeli Concerns -
Turkey’s Refusal to Normalize Relations with Cyprus and Its Military Control in the North Contradict Erdoğan’s Criticisms of Israel -
As Israel’s War in Gaza Continues, Some Have Claiming That Israel Is Supporting ‘Isis-Affiliated Gangs’ in Gaza as a Counterweight to Hamas -
How Western Intellectuals Construct Deadly Fantasies
Islam
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If an Islamic Council Governed the Pilgrimage, Shi’i, Ibadi, and Other Muslim Communities Could Contribute to Ritual, Logistics, and Interpretation -
Today’s Islamism Promises Authenticity but Is Postmodern in Form, Postcolonial in Posture, and Pretends to Retrieve the Sacred Through the Techniques of the Profane -
USC’s Tendentious Approach to the Middle East Appears Rooted in Not Only Poor Judgment but Also Foreign Influence -
By Marching in Tandem with Islamists and Yelling ‘Free Palestine,’ LGBT Activists Defend Terror Organizations and Demonize Zionists and Israel
Muslims in the US
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Tarek Mehanna’s Time in Prison Did Not Lessen His Commitment to Radicalism -
Nearly Seven Months Have Elapsed Since an Illegal Immigrant from Mauritania Shot and Wounded a Visibly Orthodox Jewish Man in a Chicago Terror Attack -
The Biden Administration Didn’t Seem to Care Even When FBI-Watchlisted SIA Terrorists Were Netted in Record-Breaking Numbers, Many Accidentally Released
