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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.


Winter 2026 Volume 33: Number 1
Ankara’s Drones Signal Erdoğan’s Global Ambitions and Islamist Politics
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Drone Power and Political Islam: How Turkey’s Military-Tech Complex Fuels Interventionism
December 1, 2025
A Generation Divided: Antizionism Rises Among Young Evangelicals.
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Three Reasons Why Young US Evangelicals Are Turning Against Israel
December 1, 2025
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‘It Is a Question of Which Civilisation You Prefer’: Winston Churchill at the Crisis of Zionism
December 1, 2025
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What Islam’s Golden Age Ignored and What It Means Today
December 1, 2025
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Book Reviews
December 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Winter 2026
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish Identity
June 1, 2023
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are Palestinian terror organizations committed to annihilating Israel, controlling Gaza, and threatening to launch attacks at times of their choosing if Jerusalem does not act as they demand.
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How Israel Can Solve Its Gaza Problem
June 1, 2023
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Yossi Kuperwasser
Gary Gambill
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How to Write a Jihadist’s Biography, or Not
March 1, 2023
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A.J. Caschetta
Gary Gambill
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World Vision, Friend of Terrorists
March 1, 2023
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Clifford Smith
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
The Critical Qur’an: Explained from Key Islamic Commentaries and Contemporary Historical Research
March 1, 2023
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Robert Spencer
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
The Massacre That Never Was: The Myth of Deir Yassin and the Creation of the Palestinian Refugee Problem
March 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Medina lemekhira (State for Sale)
March 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
The Olive Branch from Palestine: The Palestinian Declaration of Independence and the Path out of the Current Impasse
March 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
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The Treacherous Triangle of Syria, Iran, and Russia
March 1, 2023
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Anna Borshchevskaya
Gary Gambill
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South Africa’s Anti-Israel Obsession
Jerusalem’s International Challenges
March 1, 2023
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Michael B. Bishku
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Gary Gambill
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The Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt: Issues and Policymaking since 1952
March 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
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Why Israel Is Judged Differently
Jerusalem’s International Challenges
March 1, 2023
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Shale Horowitz
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Brief Reviews
March 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
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Jerusalem: History of a Global City
March 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
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Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood against Islam
March 1, 2023
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Raymond Ibrahim
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
When Parliaments Ruled the Middle East: Iraq and Syria, 1946–63
March 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
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The Quiet War between Israel and Iran
Iran’s Hegemonic Drive
January 1, 2023
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Jonathan Schanzer
Gary Gambill
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The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
January 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
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Fighting for Dignity: Migrant Lives at Israel’s Margins
January 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
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The Muslim Brotherhood’s Pan-European Structure
January 1, 2023
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Lorenzo Vidino
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Turkey’s push to enter the global rare earth supply chain underscores the growing gap between mineral reserves and the technological capacity required to convert them into strategic economic assets.
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Turkey’s Bid to Develop Rare Earth Minerals Hits Wall of Technology Restrictions
Despite Vast Reserves and State Investment, Ankara Struggles to Translate Geological Wealth into Industrial Capability
January 23, 2026
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Is the U.S. Withdrawing from Syria?
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ISIS May Prosper From Syria’s Dangerous Turn
The New Regime Seeks to Crush a U.S.-Backed Kurdish Force
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