MEF Wires

Middle East Forum Wires are summary accounts and audio recordings of MEF speaking events.

Wires are written by MEF staff and (when summary accounts) are generally not reviewed by the speaker.

To see a listing of forthcoming MEF events, please click here.

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MEF Sentry Radio: A New Paradigm for Ending the Middle East Conflict (Ep. 8)
September 19, 2018
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Israeli Regional Power and the Struggle over the Spoils of the Syrian War
September 18, 2018
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Gregg Roman
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MEF Sentry Radio: The Stealth Jihad of “Islamophobia” (Ep. 7)
September 12, 2018
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MEF Sentry Radio: The Global Spread of Mideast Terror Groups (Ep. 6)
September 5, 2018
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MEF Sentry Radio: Radical Islamists Below America’s Radar (Ep. 5)
August 29, 2018
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Whither Turkey? Erdoğan’s Predicament Moving Forward
August 28, 2018
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