Middle East Political Information Network
9/11 profoundly transformed America and how we respond to foreign threats. Twenty-five years later, those lessons remain relevant as the United States confronts the Islamist regime in Iran that calls…
Dr. Mandel in Conversation with Former 8200 Commander Hanan Gefen. Dear MEPIN Readers, In my conversation with Brig. Gen. (res.) Hanan Gefen, former commander of the IDF’s elite 8200 Intelligence…
Dear MEPIN Readers, Could Iranian attacks on U.S. warships trigger a wider confrontation—and inject another foreign-policy crisis into the midterms? There is historical precedent for Iran affecting American electoral politics.…
A general view picture shows houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the West Bank February 15, 2017(photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS) US policymakers should stop treating E1 as…
Dear MEPIN Readers, President Trump asked yesterday: Why aren’t the Iranian people rising up and fighting? A better question is: Why aren’t we helping them fight?Why aren’t we arming the…
Dear MEPIN Readers, Can President Trump make Operation Economic Outcast work—or will Iran’s trading partners provide Tehran an economic lifeline? • Will Trump enforce secondary sanctions against China, Turkey, Iraq…
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office, July 28, 2026. Credit: Daniel Torok/White House. Will Trump’s Middle East vision collide with Israel’s…
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters mid-flight in the press cabin of the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One after changing planes to return to Washington from RAF Mildenhall, Britain,…
Dear MEPIN Readers, Will President Trump accept a deal on Iran’s terms to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lower gas prices before the midterms or hold firm and let…
Dear MEPIN Readers, In my latest ILTV interview with Calev Ben-David, we discuss: Watch and share your thoughts.