MEF in the Media

Staff and Fellows in the News
MEF in the Media
Jim Hanson on Middle East Issues
September 29, 2026
Middle East Forum Online
Is the Iranian Regime Fracturing?
July 14, 2026
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Jim Hanson
MEF Chief Strategist Jim Hanson on FOX News
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Is Regime Change on the Table for Iran?
July 9, 2026
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Jim Hanson
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The Deal is Signed — Now What?
June 18, 2026
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Jim Hanson
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‘The Era of Peace Processes Is Over. Now Israel Must Win’
June 14, 2026
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Are We at the Iran End Game?
May 28, 2026
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Jim Hanson
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Iran Isn’t Boycotting Talks — It Has Nothing Left | Gregg Roman on Washington Watch
April 23, 2026
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Inside Iran’s Fragmented Regime and Strategic Weaknesses | Michael Rubin on Fox News
April 23, 2026
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The Pressure Is Working on Iran | Jim Hanson on Fox News
April 22, 2026
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Is Sharia Law Already in Texas? | Sam Westrop on Let’s Talk Local
April 15, 2026
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Iran War Fallout and What Comes Next | Gregg Roman on The Middle East Breakdown
April 14, 2026
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Forcing Tehran to Surrender Its Nuclear Program | Jim Hanson on Piers Morgan Uncensored
April 14, 2026
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Crush Iran’s Leverage—Seize the Oil, Force Collapse | Jim Hanson on Fox News
April 9, 2026
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They Said It Would Fail. It Didn’t. | Jim Hanson on Fox News
April 8, 2026
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Can the U.S. Extract Uranium From Iran? | Jim Hanson on Fox News
April 1, 2026
More from MEF
U.S. Navy warships transit the Arabian Sea in close formation as CENTCOM forces continue to promote regional security and stability, June 30, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo)
Middle East Forum Online
Oil Might Be Flowing Through the Strait of Hormuz, but for All the Wrong Reasons
Saudi Arabia’s Loadings at Yanbu Are Now Increasing Again After a Brief Pause After Iraqi Militia Drones Struck the Petroline
October 2, 2026
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Michael Rubin
FATF found that Turkey’s more complex terrorist-financing enforcement remained heavily concentrated on Gülen-related cases and specifically called on Ankara to demonstrate effective action against a broader range of terrorist-financing threats and commercial structures beyond those cases.
Middle East Forum Online
Global Watchdog Puts Turkey on Notice over Hamas Terror Financing, Money Laundering, Iran Sanctions
The Financial Action Task Force, the Global Standard-Setting Body on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, Identified a Series of Shortcomings in the Effectiveness of the Turkish System
October 2, 2026
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Abdullah Bozkurt
While the IDF dismantle terror infrastructure across the Gaza Strip, an internal election has taken place inside the underground leadership of Hamas. During a recent vote to select the head of Hamas's Gaza political bureau, the initial round failed to yield a winner because a significant portion of voting delegates submitted blank ballots.
Middle East Forum Online
Hamas’s Underground Elections Show What Israel Has Yet to Destroy
The Elections Show the Terror Group Is Still Working to Preserve Its Political and Governing Structure
October 2, 2026
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Amine Ayoub