From Hegemony to Realignment: A New Middle East Takes Shape
March 27, 2026 Dear MEPIN Readers, I am pleased to share my interview with my friend and colleague, Dalia Ziada, for the Arab Seminar Series of ISCAP. In the six…
Saudi normalization with Israel: Is it farther than ever?
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman shake hands during a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh,…
Watch Dr. Mandel Break Down the MBS Visit, F-35s, Hamas Disarmament on ILTV
Dear MEPIN Readers, Please listen to my conversation with Robert Silverman, editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune and a former U.S. diplomat in Saudi Arabia, hosted by Calev Ben David…
America’s Middle East commitments must come with clear reciprocity
A SYRIAN flag is displayed outside the White House after the meeting of US President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa last week. November is shaping up as a…
Inside the Middle East: My Discussion with Analyst Yaakov Lappin on the Debrief
October 27,2025 Dear MEPIN Readers, I’m excited to share my recent interview on The Debrief: The Lappin Assessment, hosted by one of my most trusted analysts on military, defense, and…
Watch: My Interview on the Hostage Release and the Road Ahead
October 9.2025 Dear MEPIN readers, Less than 24 hours before today’s interview, I was on another station, just before the cease-fire was announced. So much has changed since then, and…
MEPIN Dialogues with Chama Mechtaly: Advancing the Abraham Accords and Reclaiming Jewish Indigeneity in the Middle East
As part of our ongoing MEPIN Dialogues series exploring the complexities of the Middle East, Israel, anti-Semitism, and U.S. policy, I’m pleased to share my recent conversation with Chama Mechtaly,…
Analysis of Crucial Meeting Between Trump and Netanyahu on Tuesday
Dear MEPIN readers, What will Trump and Bibi discuss, resolve, and disagree about in Washington? · Will Hamas have to remain in power in exchange for ending the hostilities? ·…
Watch Dr. Mandel on the Rundown Discuss the Anniversary of the Abraham Accords and Their Future
Dear MEPIN Readers, This week marks the fourth anniversary of the Abraham Accords, an unprecedented peace agreement between Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco, which created a new vision for…
Targeting Tehran
This article was originally published in The Jerusalem Report on October 2, 2023. As America attempts to entice the Ayatollah to rejoin a watered-down nuclear deal, sending billions in sanctioned…