Additional Briefing · Convening · 2026
MEF Events
The Rooms Where the Arguments Get Made
Policy moves when the right people are in the room. The Forum builds the rooms: the annual Washington Policy Conference, regional convenings across the country, and working delegations into the region itself.
The Stakes
Documents persuade; rooms decide. The Forum’s convenings put the people who write policy next to the people who live its consequences, and the arguments made there travel.
The Record
•The Fourth Annual Policy Conference, May 2026: 26 addresses across 8 panels, 150-plus guests, addresses from Ambassador Yechiel Leiter and Morgan Ortagus, and the THRESHOLD war game on Turkey’s nuclear trajectory.
•A single Dallas evening raised $150,000-plus, proof that the regional model funds itself and then some.
What Is Next
•The Middle East Mission, November 8 to 18, 2026: 10 days in the region alongside Forum leadership.
•The 2027 Policy Conference, building on May’s “America the Unpredictable.”
•Gala 2027: the first honoree dinner of this era of the Forum’s work, spring 2027.
•Israel Briefing Mission 2027: a working week inside the Knesset and the security establishment, capped at roughly 15 participants.
•Follow-on Iran Freedom Congress convenings in Europe, and a Congressional Summit in Washington planned with Freedom House.
$150K+
Raised in a single Dallas evening; the regional model funds itself and then some.
What a Gift Funds
Sponsorships from $2,500 to $10,000 underwrite the rooms where the arguments get made. Sponsors are in the room and on the record; underwriting is visible where it counts.