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Jim Hanson
Chief Strategist
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Profile
Jim Hanson is the Forum's chief strategist. A former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, he conducted counterterrorism, counterinsurgency and foreign internal defense operations in more than two dozen countries. His books include Winning the Second Civil War and Cut Down the Black Flag, a plan to defeat ISIS.
Summarized from the MEF bio of Jim Hanson, read October 4, 2026.
Writes on: military affairs and strategy; terrorism and counterterrorism; media and information warfare; U.S. Middle East policy; nuclear programs and proliferation; Iran; the United States; Israel.
Topics are this site's tags, assigned from the subjects of Jim Hanson's bylined MEF pieces, the MEF bio and the topics MEF lists on its Speakers Bureau page.
MEF Work (45)
Bylined pieces published by the Middle East Forum, newest first, 2023 to 2026. Titles are quoted as MEF published them and link to the original on meforum.org.
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2026 (14)
- Who is Winning the War with Iran?
- Did Iran Attempt to Take Down Air Force One?
- Trump Makes a Civilian Nuclear Deal with Saudi Arabia
- Is the Iranian Regime Fracturing?
- Is Regime Change on the Table for Iran?
- Analysis of Trump's Iran Deal Logic
- The Deal is Signed, Now What?
- Are We at the Iran End Game?
- Are the U.S. and Israel Still Allies?
- Trump Should Blockade Iranian Shipping in Strait of Hormuz
- Should a Referendum Determine Iran’s Future?
- Is the U.S. Withdrawing from Syria?
- Syria Puts a Boot on the Neck of the Kurds
- Is Iran on the Verge of Collapse?
2025 (21)
- Hanukkah Terror Attack
- Does the United States Need Extreme Vetting?
- Gotham's Red-Green Takeover: The Mamdani Experiment Begins with Gregg Roman
- Does Trump Have a Grand Strategy for the Middle East?
- Peace Deal Phase One - Hostages to Come Home
- Hamas Accepts Part of the Peace Deal
- Confronting Qatar, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Global Caliphate Project
- U.S. Strikes Iran: How Will the Islamic Republic Respond?
- President Trump Says Negotiate First, Bomb Second
- The People of Iran Should Seize Their Freedom
- Trump and Netanyahu Were Speaking the Truth. Get Used to It
- Israeli Strikes Were Effective. What's Next?
- Israel Strikes Iran's Nuclear Programs and Leadership
- Ted Cruz Is Right. Designate the Muslim Brotherhood
- Trump Makes Deals with Syria and the Saudis
- Trump's Trip to the Middle East
- Can Trump Help Qatar Redeem Itself?
- The Houthis and Their Puppet Masters
- Did USAID Fund Terrorism?
- Can Trump Rebuild Gaza?
- Israel and Hamas Have a Peace Deal? Not So Fast.
2024 (9)
- Syria - Who are the Winners and Losers?
- What's Next for Syria?
- Reasserting American Power in the Middle East: A Blueprint for the Trump Administration with Gregg Roman, Michael Rubin, Jonathan Spyer, Winfield Myers, Benjamin Baird, Sam Westrop, Eric Navarro, Dexter Van Zile, Alex Selsky
- Israel and Lebanon Sign Ceasefire
- Ceasefire in Gaza Would Have Saved Sinwar
- Should Israel’s Response to Iran Attack Be Proportional?
- NATO Should Expel Turkey, Even if It Means Creating a NATO 2.0
- Khamenei on Campus
- A World without the Islamic Republic of Iran with Jonathan Spyer
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