The War Shut Down the Country for Nearly Two Weeks, and Widespread State-Imposed Internet Restrictions Disrupted Online Businesses
Seyed Hossein Mousavian Used His Princeton Shingle to Make Iran’s Nuclear Program Socially and Politically Correct for Americans
Turkey’s Airspace Action Against Israel, and Its Support for Hamas, Should Compel President Trump to Act Immediately in Response
The Very Fact That the IDF Has to Keep Returning to Areas in Which It Has Already Operated Underlines How Complex the Challenge Is
Why Are So Many in the West Quick to Highlight Israeli Airstrikes but Slow to Highlight Hamas Repression of Palestinians?
Muqtada Al-Sadr Has Cultivated an Image as an Iraqi Nationalist, but Many Doubt the Sincerity of His Political Evolution
Conference in Detroit Elevates Convicted Terrorists and Extremist Leaders, with U.S. Politicians Lending Legitimacy to a Platform That Glorifies Violence and Undermines American Values
The Iranian Rial Collapsed as the Process of Triggering the United Nations ‘Snapback’ Mechanism Began with the E3
Spotlight: Should Syria Be Decentralized?
The Sunni jihadists ruling Syria claim to have abandoned violence. But whether directly and through proxies, their role in a series of armed attacks on minorities is undeniable. Druze and Alawites have suffered horrific killings, with Kurdish regions also being hit. In response to this sectarian slaughter, some minority communities are demanding autonomy or federalism.
Does Syria have a future as a unified country governed from Damascus? Or would its many minority groups be better served by a decentralized system, if not the breakup of the country into smaller, self-governing polities protected by Israel or others? MEF’s staff and fellows are actively engaged in analyzing this issue, as this selection of their work shows.
Does Syria have a future as a unified country governed from Damascus? Or would its many minority groups be better served by a decentralized system, if not the breakup of the country into smaller, self-governing polities protected by Israel or others? MEF’s staff and fellows are actively engaged in analyzing this issue, as this selection of their work shows.
In Just Eight Months of Sunni Islamist Rule in Syria, Already Three Large-Scale Incidents of Sectarian Violence Have Taken Place
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.
Fall 2025 Volume 32: Number 4
Fall 2025 Volume 32: Number 4
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MEF Chief Editor Jim Hanson Discusses American Strikes in Yemen -
Only When Houthi Leaders Face Personal Consequences for Their Actions Can We Hope to Defeat This Threat -
U.S. Taxpayer Money Was Being Funneled to Organizations with Ties to Hamas, Al-Qaeda and Other Terror Groups -
MEF Executive Director Delivered Blockbuster Testimony to the DOGE Subcommittee
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RSSI Aims to Mobilize U.S. Policymakers, Global Shipping Leaders, and International Stakeholders to Address This Vital Issue -
The Moment Has Come for the U.S. and Israel to Take Decisive Military Action Against Iran’s Nuclear Forces -
Testimony Uncovers $122 Million to Entities Tied to Hamas, Hezbollah, and Al-Qaeda Affiliates -
Testimony to Uncover $122 Million Funneled to Radical and Terror-Tied Organizations
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Canada, like Much of Europe, Has Now Become ‘A Festering Ground for Extremists and Terrorists’ -
There Is a Parallel Society of Immigrants Who Adhere to Values from the Old Country in Matters of Social Morality, with Standards Set by Radical Islam -
Badar Khan Suri’s Public Social Media Shows He Was Not Only ‘Sharing Hamas Propaganda and Deeply Antisemitic Posts,’ but Also Denying the October 7 Atrocities -
The Impact of Israeli Military Achievements and Trump Administration Policy
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 Hearing Presented a Bipartisan Display of the Growing Frustration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Increasing Authoritarianism -
Canberra’s Indulgence of the Fringe Left Regarding Israel Increasingly Makes Australia a Liability for the United States -
Statement before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission On Human Rights in Turkey, June 10, 2025 -
The Boulder Attack Is Part of a Long History of Antisemitic Violence by Immigrant Muslims
Gaza
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The Plan Is a Dangerous Scheme That Threatens Israel’s Security, Strengthens Hamas, and Undermines U.S. Strategic Interests -
Bothell’s Deputy Mayor Promotes Non-Profit with Troubling History -
Once American and Israeli Hostages Return Home Safely, U.S. Policy Must Refocus Immediately on Hamas’s Defeat -
The Truth Is That the Citizenry of Gaza Elected Hamas as Their Leaders and Rulers
Islam
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The Three Suspects Allegedly Wanted to Avenge the Arab-Berber Troops Defeated in 732 by Charles Martel at the Battle of Poitiers -
If It Looks Like a Duck, Walks Like a Duck, and Quacks Like a Duck, Then It’s Probably a Duck -
Focusing On Issues We Find Offensive but Which Do Not Affect Non-Muslims Creates Confusion Concerning Aspects of Islam That Affect So-Called Infidels -
Former Nun Karen Armstrong’s Revisionist History Whitewashes Centuries of Muslim Conquests
Muslims in the US
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The Materialistic West Increasingly Only Understands Motives Prompted by Material Needs or Desires -
An Islamist who promotes an ideology similar to the teachings of the Islamic State—the organization that murdered and raped its way across vast sections of the Middle East and beyond— has set up shop in El Paso, Texas. -
The Muslim Justice League Took a Page Out of the KKK’s Playbook and Deployed Masked Thugs to Harass a Reporter at Its Rally in Downtown Boston -
Columbia, Not Just a Campus Anymore, Has Turned into a Caliphate; Sinwar Could Make the Dean’s List
