Scholarly Journals

Dr. Yogev Elbaz's new article in "Middle Eastern Studies" sheds light on the relatively unexamined years of 1968 to 1970 in the Israeli–Lebanese relationship and claims that the period was a turning point in Israeli attitudes and policy toward its northern neighbor.

Brandon Friedman from MDC and Ori Sela from the department of East Asian Studies at Tel Aviv University, have published an article in “International Journal” on China’s role in the Middle East between 2021 – 2023.

Prof. Ofra Bengio analyzes in the Middle East Forum the unprecedented strategic shift in the Iran-Iraq relationship, which has transformed Iraq into a quasi-vassal state of Iran.

Eline Rosenhart has published an article in "The Journal of Social Encounters" which demonstrates that the conflicts in Chad and Sudan cannot be fully understood without taking into account how heads of state and rebel leaders in both countries manipulated tribal identities to retain and enhance power.

Prof. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman has published an article in "The Journal of the Middle East and Africa" which analyzes the changing contours of Morocco’s involvement in the inter-Arab system.

Dr. Jonathan Ghariani, a visiting post-doc scholar at MDC, published an article in "Israel Affairs" about the relations between Israel and Turkey during the 1990s.

Prof. Ofra Bengio, a Senior Research Fellow at MDC, published an article in "The Journal of the Middle East and Africa" about the Halabja genocide and the lessons learned from this Kurdish trauma.

Joel Parker has published a book review in "Bustan: The Middle East Book Review" of Max Weiss's "Revolutions Aesthetic: A Cultural History of Ba'thist Syria".

Inbal Tal has published a book review in "Bustan: The Middle East Book Review" of Tilde Rosmer's "The Islamic Movement in Israel".

Dr. Amos Nadan published an article in "Middle Eastern Studies".