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The Middle East's security environment is defined by proxy networks, state rivalry, and domestic political constraints.
Fronts analyzes the structures behind events - who mobilizes force, how they fund it, and what limits escalation.
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- Proxy and partner networks
- Iran and regional strategy
- Gulf competition
- Maritime pressure points
- Internal regime stability
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Latest Videos
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Republicans Blew It. Here's How
November 4, 2026
Middle East · Single topic
Could the US REALLY Nuke Iran?
November 3, 2026
Middle East · Single topic
Netanyahu Lost His Majority. Now He’s Doubling Down on the West Bank.
October 30, 2026
Middle East · Single topic
Briefing Room: Attack in Jordan Leads to Airstrikes in Syria, And More.
October 30, 2026
Middle East · Single topic
Israel's Election Results Are a Mess
October 29, 2026
Middle East · Single topic
Benjamin Netanyahu: Power at Any Cost
October 28, 2026
Middle East · Single topic
Turkey Has an Israel-Greece Problem
October 24, 2026
Middle East · Single topic
A Million People are Under Siege in Yemen.
October 23, 2026
Middle East · Single topic
The Iran War Could Be about to Restart
October 18, 2026
Latest Podcasts
Middle East Roundtable: Khaos in the Knesset.
Neither bloc can reach 61 seats, Netanyahu keeps his war powers as caretaker, and the Haredi parties may pick the next government — all while Washington and Jerusalem plan the next Iran strikes.
Fronts Staff · November 2, 2026 · 57:04
Middle East Roundtable: Votes and Bombs.
Neither side can win: Iran can't export oil, Washington won't lift the blockade, and a third carrier group points to strikes after the midterms. The panel also weighs Netanyahu's pre-election gamble.
Fronts Staff · October 23, 2026 · 39:59
Middle East Roundtable: Once More Unto the Breach?
Fronts Staff · October 17, 2026 · 1:16:37
Middle East Roundtable: What's the Breaking Point?
A Saudi-led counteroffensive in Yemen tests the Mecca alliance, while the panel asks how much economic pain Iran's leadership and public can absorb.
Fronts Staff · October 8, 2026 · 1:12:26
Middle East Roundtable: What Did Bibi Know?
The UAE and Egypt both warned Netanyahu that Hamas was planning something big before October 7. The panel traces those warnings, his fixation on the West Bank, and the political walls closing in.
Fronts Staff · October 6, 2026 · 1:11:34
Middle East Roundtable: 3D Chess, But It's Houthi-Style
The Houthi push on Taiz, falling tanker traffic in Hormuz, Iran's collapsing rial, the UN General Assembly and Israel's election run-up.
Fronts Staff · September 25, 2026 · 1:09:26
Middle East Roundtable: Saudi Arabia's Pre-Existing Condition.
The Houthis take Yemen's Red Sea coast and hit Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline while Riyadh finds no ally willing to step in.
Fronts Staff · September 18, 2026 · 1:20:03
Middle East Roundtable: Weekend at Mojtaba's.
The Houthi offensive on Taiz, US-Iran strikes on tankers, UK sanctions on West Bank settlement firms and Mojtaba Khamenei's absence.
Fronts Staff · September 11, 2026 · 1:20:19
Middle East Roundtable: Don't Bomb the Banker.
US and Iranian strikes resume, and the panel asks whether Iran's one lever, costs imposed on US partners, can outlast the US toolkit and Hormuz bypasses.
Evan Moloney · September 3, 2026 · 1:06:57
Latest Articles
Middle East
InsiderTurkey and Saudi Arabia Want to Redraw the Middle East by Rail. Here's How
With shipping through Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb under threat, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are betting on rail. The plan could sideline a US-backed corridor through Israel, and redraw the region’s trade map.
William B. Lipscomb · October 27, 2026 · 12 min read
Middle East
InsiderIran Cannot Keep Pretending Mojtaba Khamenei is in Charge
Kyle Moran · October 13, 2026 · 11 min read
Middle East
InsiderYemen's Crisis Has the Potential to Get Much Worse
Paweł Wójcik · September 10, 2026 · 10 min read
Middle East
FreeThe US Has One Last Option in Iran (Opinion)
Kyle Moran · August 5, 2026 · 16 min read
Middle East
InsiderIsrael is the Iran War's Biggest Loser
Netanyahu sold Trump a quick regime-change campaign; instead Israel got a hardened Tehran, a US-Iran deal that guts its nuclear case, and Washington pressing it to quit Lebanon.
Kyle Moran · June 17, 2026 · 17 min read
Middle East
InsiderThe Implications of Iran's Uneasy Ceasefire
The recent ceasefire between the US and Iran has left the world stunned, but what does it mean for the Middle East?
Paweł Wójcik · April 9, 2026 · 10 min read
Middle East
InsiderIn the New Middle East, All Roads Lead to Ankara
As the war between the US, Israel, and Iran unfolds, Turkey's role in the region is becoming increasingly significant.
Kyle Moran · April 2, 2026 · 11 min read
Middle East
FreeThe World Failed to Disarm Syria. The Cleanup Starts Now.
Syria's new multinational cleanup effort is trying to locate a chemical weapons stockpile that was supposedly eliminated in 2013, but much of the arsenal was never truly accounted for.
Kyle Moran · March 24, 2026 · 13 min read
Middle East
InsiderMeet the MEK: The Iranian Opposition Group Trying to Buy Washington.
The Mojahedin e-Khalq, an Iranian exile organization, has a history of controversy and violence. Despite its claims of being a democratic alternative to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the group has been rejected by the Iranian people.
Kyle Moran · March 19, 2026 · 20 min read