Policy in Motion

Legislation, designations, and policy moves on the Middle East as they happen.

Middle East Forum

Sep 28, 2026

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11 min read

The Mailbag, Vol. IV

Arming Iranians, the Boston mapping project, who shot the tanker, and the donors locked out of Premium: 87 letters answered.

Gregg Roman

Middle East Forum

Turkey War File, The Leak, and Your Ballot: 303 Letters in One Brief

Aug 26, 2026

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13 min read

Turkey War File, The Leak, and Your Ballot: 303 Letters in One Brief

The lone-soldier letters, the case against my standing, your ballot answers, and the daily back on its feet

Gregg Roman

Iran

One for All: Circular Firing Squad or Mutual Defense Agreement?

Aug 7, 2026

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16 min read

One for All: Circular Firing Squad or Mutual Defense Agreement?

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign a mutual-defense pact in Mecca, and the Houthis deliver its first test within hours. What the treaty says, what it doesn't, and what it means for Washington, Jerusalem, and the Gulf capitals that stayed home.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Aug 6, 2026

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13 min read

Iran's Shakedown and America's Empty Quiver

Iran draws the Hormuz route through its own waters, threatens to black out the Gulf, and Washington discovers its quiver is nearly empty. Plus first Israeli deaths in Lebanon since the June truce, and your poll verdict.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Aug 4, 2026

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12 min read

The Cost of Quiet

Bessent says a Hormuz deal may come today, Qatar says the drafts are circulating, a cargo ship was struck overnight, and Tehran says no talks are happening at all. Plus the war's rising cost on Israel's home front.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Aug 3, 2026

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9 min read

The Cost of Waiting

The war's bill comes due at home: a third straight year of record Israeli emigration, a migration deficit, and a growing economic drag. Plus CENTCOM's suggestion box, a thank-you to Tehran, and the dangerous pause.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Jul 31, 2026

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10 min read

Gaza Disarmament? Read The Small Print

Trump announces the complete disarmament of Hamas, Hamas attaches a Palestinian state to its heavy weapons, Riyadh launches a 14-nation fleet without the UAE, and the oil majors post the war's invoice.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Jul 29, 2026

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13 min read

What the Silence Was For

The IRGC fires on Jordan hours after the Oval Office meeting, American and Saudi jets answer in Iraq, Iran rejects Oman's plan, and the fall briefing tour opens for bookings.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Jul 26, 2026

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8 min read

Architecture Over Exchanges: A Five-Part Strategy to End the Iran War

A head for an eye is a price, not a plan. The Sunday Long View on what the next twenty-four months must build: five instruments to convert strike dominance into victory architecture.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Jul 24, 2026

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15 min read

Bigger Than Epic Fury

Night 13 complete, 50,000 Americans in theater, B-1s tracked out of Fairford, 150 medics at Landstuhl, and the Forum's paper trail on the end of containment.

Gregg Roman

Iran

$100 Oil, Red Sea Siege, and Trump’s Nuclear Pivot

Jul 23, 2026

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13 min read

$100 Oil, Red Sea Siege, and Trump’s Nuclear Pivot

First blood under the Houthi blockade, a $100 close, a "massive attack" weighed, a signed Saudi deal repriced by post, and the Forum's read of Iraq's $1.47 billion judgment against Turkey.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Jul 22, 2026

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14 min read

Hidden Handouts, $10 Deeds, and Iran’s Red Line

MEF's new audit finds $79,045,396 in HHS money for the Islamist network, and CAIR's headquarters moves for a recited $10. Two investigations, one method: read the documents nobody else will.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Tehran’s Fake Diplomacy and the 10-Day Reload

Jul 21, 2026

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15 min read

Tehran’s Fake Diplomacy and the 10-Day Reload

The regime scripted the Hormuz closure before the first shot, staged the talks "for closure," and now wants ten days. The confession, the invoice, and the $7.7 million file behind CAIR Plaza.

Gregg Roman

In the Arena

Jul 19, 2026

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10 min read

The Mailbag

1,226 answers, 194 letters, one editor. Special afternoon edition.

Gregg Roman

Iran

Jul 6, 2026

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13 min read

The Mourning Machine

Iran buries a leader and rebuilds a war machine; Washington waits for the funeral to end.

Gregg Roman

Lebanon

Jul 2, 2026

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8 min read

The Doha Progress Fiction

Two days in Doha ended with praise for "positive progress." It bought a shelved nuclear file, a $6 billion conversation, and a recess for Khamenei's funeral.

Gregg Roman

Iran