Research products from the Middle East Forum
36 products and services built from MEF's research since 1994: monitors, datasets, dossiers, briefings and licensed publications, each cited to filed public records. Ordering opens with one MEF account in autumn 2026. Every product has a free tier; MEF staff and fellows hold full access.
Publications and archive
01Middle East Insider data annex
Monthly 8 to 10 page ledger of filed records behind the month's analysis: FARA registrations, OFAC Iran designations, Section 117 disclosures, bills, Federal Register actions, Iran macro row.
02Middle East Quarterly structured archive licence
Machine-readable licensed export of the Quarterly, 1,529 articles and 2.9 million words with schema and datasheet.
03Themed anthologies
Print-on-demand and ebook collections of MEF-original writing selected by theme, with rights worksheet.
04Translated editions
Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, Kurdish, French, German and Spanish editions of MEF work, drawn from the seven live language mirrors.
05Observer syndication package
Weekly syndication feed of MEF-original Observer pieces cleared for reprint, with origin check.
06Premium audio feed
Private podcast feed of narrated Observer and Quarterly pieces with transcripts and chapters.
07Corpus Search API research seat
Keyed semantic search over 64,573 meforum.org articles, 2004 to 2026, one key per seat.
22Broadcast content licensing
Cleared audio segments from MEF podcasts and video with transcripts and cue sheets.
Campus and education accountability
08Section 117 foreign-funding report
Per-institution report on Middle East-origin gifts and contracts disclosed to the Department of Education, with peer-group comparison.
09Campus due-diligence dossier
Pre-gift dossier for donors and alumni: foreign funding, programs, faculty statements, complaints on record.
10Middle East studies program monitor
Quarterly monitor of a named campus program: courses, events, hires, funding, public statements.
11Campus Watch 25th anniversary dataset
Structured dataset of 20,069 Campus Watch items since 2004 with volume prospectus.
12Title VI research-support packages
Evidence bundles for parties filing shared-ancestry complaints: public record, timeline, citations.
Foreign influence and funding
13990 grant-trace dossier
Who funded a named nonprofit, from primary IRS e-file grant tables, 2017 onward.
14Grantee screening sheet
Documented pre-grant screen on a Middle East or Islamist-adjacent grantee from filed records only.
15State Islamist-organization registry
Per-state annual registry of organizations from IRS and state filings with quoted state actions.
16FARA and LDA Middle East influence monitor
Monthly cited issue on foreign-agent and lobbying filings by Middle East principals.
17Public-funding exposure audit
Federal awards, loans and grants to a named set of organizations, from USAspending and SBA records.
18Counterparty connectivity report
Institution profile built from filed records: registrations, awards, sanctions adjacencies, disclosed ties.
Iran, Israel and the region
19Iran Economy Watch
Monthly regime-versus-market file: oil exports, rial, inflation, market indices, satellite evidence.
20Iran shadow-fleet weekly alerts
Weekly alert on sanctioned and evasion-pattern vessels through Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb and Suez, from MEF's own AIS service.
21Farsi press monitor
Daily English digest of Iranian regime, reformist and diaspora media.
23Iran province data layers
Map-ready provincial layers on economy, infrastructure and unrest for analysts.
25Hebrew press monitor
Daily English digest of the Israeli Hebrew-language press.
26Israel Victory polling series
Structured dataset of MEF-commissioned Israeli opinion polls since 2010, every figure verified to source.
Policy, legal and the Hill
24Weekly legislation and member-action tracker
Weekly tracker of Middle East bills, votes and cosponsor moves in Congress and the Knesset.
27Custom Hill briefing service
Commissioned 8 to 10 page briefing with full notes on a member's or committee's question.
28Docket watch alerts
Per-case alerts on filings in terror-finance and campus civil-rights litigation, from public dockets.
29Regulatory comment evidence pack
Page-cited evidence pack for a live FinCEN, OFAC, ED or DOJ docket, ready for a comment letter.
30War-game scenario data pack
Facilitation pack for crisis simulations: baseline data, injects, sources.
Access, seats and training
31Paid seats on regional missions
Non-donor seats on MEF missions with a sourced briefing book.
32CLE and CPD webinar series
Accredited continuing-education course packs drawn from MEF's legal research.
33Data lake research seats
Read-only keyed access to MEF's primary-source data lake, 42 tables, through the Research Clearinghouse.
34White-label cited monitors
Topic monitors produced for an allied organization under its name, every claim cited and verified.
35MEF AI Academy and Slack Academy seats
Seat-licensed staff-training sites for peer policy organizations.
36Applied research certificate course
Syllabus, exercises, rubrics and certificate for a course in applied policy research methods.