✈️ Join MEF This Fall: Policy Briefings in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago

вторник, 30 сентября 2025 г.

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View on web  |  Read what you missed Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago Events with MEF By MEF Staff ● Sep 30, 2025 Smart Brevity® count: 1.5 mins...445 words Dear Reader, This October, the Middle East Forum is hosting three timely and exclusive lunches in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago. Please join us for in-depth analysis with Executive Director Gregg Roman and Director of Policy Analysis Michael Rubin as they tackle today's most urgent Middle East security challenges. Your support enables MEF to conduct research and advocacy that shape policy in Washington and Jerusalem. We look forward to seeing you at these events. Thursday, October 16 - Gregg Roman in Los Angeles Speaker: Gregg Roman, Executive Director Topic: Strikes, Collapse, and Convergence: Rethinking Security in the Middle East Roman will analyze the Middle East's unprecedented volatility following the June 2025 strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and Syria's fragile transition under Ahmad al-Sharaa. Drawing on MEF's research, Congressional testimony, and recent travels to Baghdad, Dubai, and Jerusalem, Roman will explain: Why Iran's nuclear infrastructure remains dangerously resilient. How Turkey's deployment of Syrian mercenaries across Libya and the Mediterranean creates underestimated threats. Why Israel must maintain permanent control over Gaza following Operation Gideon's Chariots and the September strike on Hamas leadership in Qatar. Click here to register: RSVP Wednesday, October 22 - Gregg Roman in San Francisco Speaker: Gregg Roman, Executive Director Topic: Dollars for Jihad: How Misdirected Aid and School Choice Threaten National Security Roman will expose how U.S. taxpayer funds—both abroad via USAID and at home through state voucher programs—are fueling Islamist extremism. He will share MEF's multi-year investigation into Islamic school curricula teaching: Supremacist doctrines portraying Christians and Jews as "deviant." Antisemitic conspiracies and valorization of jihadist martyrdom. Calls for replacing man-made law with Sharia. He will provide actionable policy recommendations, arguing that every misdirected dollar is a direct threat to U.S. national security. Click here to register: RSVP Thursday, October 30 - Michael Rubin in Chicago Speaker: Michael Rubin, Director of Policy Analysis Topic: Will the United States Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory in the Middle East? Protests continue to shake Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas are weakened, and even Syria is signaling interest in peace with Israel. Yet Washington risks squandering these gains: U.S. diplomats defer to Qatar despite its questionable ambitions. Interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa preaches moderation while promoting extremism. The White House continues to pursue a nuclear deal with Tehran at odds with regime change. Turkey is lauded as an ally even as it backs Hamas and threatens war with Israel. Fresh from travels in Yemen, Iraq, Armenia, and West Africa, Rubin will explain whether the United States can seize this historic opportunity—or let it slip away. Click here to register: RSVP What cities would you like to MEF to visit on future trips? Denver, CO Atlanta, GA Phoenix, AZ Columbus, OH Indianapolis, IN Your email will be recorded with your response and shared with the sender Was this edition useful? Your email will be recorded and shared with the sender MEF, an activist think tank, deals with the Middle East, Islamism, U.S. foreign policy, and related topics, urging bold measures to protect Americans and their allies. Pursuing its goals via intellectual and operational means, the Forum recurrently has policy ideas adopted by the U.S. government. Copyright © 2024 Middle East Forum, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Middle East Forum 1650 Market Street, Suite 3600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Unsubscribe Powered by This email was sent by Middle East Forum via Axios HQ