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Pezeshkian’s Cabinet Reflects Iran’s Institutional Stagnation
August 19, 2024
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Saeid Golkar
Middle East Forum Observer
‘Want Democracy? Get a King,’ Revisited
August 19, 2024
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Owen H. Kirby
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Enriching Palestinians: A Zionist Eccentricity
August 18, 2024
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Daniel Pipes
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In Jerusalem, We Wait for Tehran to Play Its Hand
August 17, 2024
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Jonathan Spyer
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Maryland AG Replaces One Hater with Another to Serve on Hate Crimes Panel
August 15, 2024
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Benjamin Baird
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Canadian Islamist NGO Gets Taste of Its Own Medicine. Not Happy
August 14, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
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Israel Must Not Allow Hamas to Survive Gaza War
August 12, 2024
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A.J. Caschetta
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Meanwhile, in Tehran . . .
August 12, 2024
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Amatzia Baram
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The Perception of Israeli Society as Sensitive to Casualties and Its Impact on the IDF’s Ability to Win
August 12, 2024
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Pnina Shuker
Middle East Forum Observer
Reassessing Israeli Resolve During Times of War
August 12, 2024
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Gregg Roman
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The International Defense and Aerospace Industry Exhibition SAHA EXPO 2024. The Bayraktar Akıncı is a High-Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle. Istanbul, Oct. 23, 2024.
Middle East Forum Online
Turkey’s Erdoğan Builds Global Arms Network Through Nearly 100 Defense Agreements
The Strategy Is Rapidly Expanding Ankara’s Global Footprint in Arms Sales and Military Technology Transfers
April 2, 2026
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Abdullah Bozkurt
Benghazi is secure enough that even women and children hang out on the miles-long corniche that begins just across from it, even hours after dark. New developments have added to the skyline, and billions of dollars of retail investment have flooded the city. Cranes and construction are everywhere. Image: A 2023 boat show on Lake Benghazi.
Middle East Forum Online
The State Department Gets Libya Wrong. Trump Should Force a Correction
A Secure Libya Is in Everyone’s Interest, and a Benghazi-First Strategy Can Deliver It
April 2, 2026
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Michael Rubin
When the Islamic Republic escalated to direct strikes, offered nothing beyond vague statements from Secretary-General Mark Rutte—passing praise heavily conditioned by a frantic insistence that the alliance would not be drawn into the fray. Image: NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
Middle East Forum Online
End of Multilateralism: Iran War Exposed NATO’s Irrelevance
The Events of February and March 2026 Laid Bare the Hollow Core of the Post-World War II Order
April 2, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
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