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Sisi’s Use of U.S. Terror Designations Risks Egypt’s Southern Frontier
By Weaponizing Terror Listings to Crush Dissent, Cairo Is Closing Off Peaceful Opposition and Raising the Risk of Regional Spillover
January 20, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
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The Critical Hurdles to Peace in Gaza and the Middle East | Gregg Roman on Washington Watch
January 20, 2026
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Iran, Israel, & Immigration | Gregg Roman on The Saad Truth
January 9, 2026
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Death Throes of Iranian Regime? | Gregg Roman on The Ed Morrissey Show
January 8, 2026
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What is Happening in Iran |
Gregg Roman on Washington Watch
January 7, 2026
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Iran Protests and Trump’s Red Line: Will the U.S. Step In? | Daniel Pipes on TVP World
January 7, 2026
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Syria Tests U.S. Deterrence and Regional Security | Eric Navarro on Newsmax
December 16, 2025
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Texas Lists Islamic Organizations as Terrorist Entities | Sam Westrop on The Ezra Levant Show
November 28, 2025
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President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince are Making Deals | Jim Hanson on Fox Business
November 19, 2025
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Peace With Syria — War With Lebanon? | Jonathan Spyer on ILTV Security Brief
November 13, 2025
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Disarming Hamas Requires Empowering Gaza’s Clan Networks | Col. Eric Navarro on Newsmax
October 24, 2025
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Trump’s “Peace Through Strength” Strategy Is Reshaping the Middle East | Jim Hanson on TBN
October 17, 2025
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This Is How Trump Was Able To Secure Gaza Peace Deal That Biden Couldn’t | Gregg Roman on Forbes Newsroom
October 16, 2025
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The Next Chapter of Jewish Identity in America | Gregg Roman on the “Here I Am with Shai Davidai” Podcast
September 29, 2025
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“Islamism is Failing – Will the West Take Advantage?” | Daniel Pipes on The Western Spirit Podcast
September 22, 2025
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A panoramic view of Pigadia Bay, Karpathos Island, Greece.
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No Strategic Convergence in the Greece-Turkey Dialogue
The Stakes Are High for the United States, Which Seeks to Maintain Cohesion Among Regional Partners and Avoid Escalation Between Allies
February 2, 2026
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Nicoletta Kouroushi
If the Saudi pivot is a strategy, the Red Sea littoral is its primary theater of application; if the Abraham Accords represented a vision of an integrated regional order anchored in normalization and infrastructure interdependence, the Red Sea is where that vision encounters the structural obstacles to its realization.
Middle East Forum Online
Contested Order: The Structure of End-State Competition in the Red Sea
February 1, 2026
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Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
By allowing or facilitating the movement of radical elements toward the coast, unstable regimes in North Africa and the Levant gain a powerful bargaining chip against Europe. Their message is clear: “Fund our reconstruction and legitimize our rule, or the next boat to Lampedusa will carry more than just economic migrants.” Image: Iron boat used by migrants smugglers to arrive on the island of Lampedusa, Italy.
Middle East Forum Online
How Post-Assad Chaos and North African Smugglers Collide
The Diplomatic Veneer of the ‘New Syria’ Began to Crack, Revealing a Security Nightmare That the West Has Spent a Decade Trying to Prevent
February 1, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
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