Scholarly Journals

Ben Mendales has published an article in the peer-reviewed journal "Israel Affairs," where he examines the role of the Arab minority in Israel in national politics between the years 1949-77.

MDC Director Uzi Rabi and Chelsi Mueller have published an article in the peer-reviewed, "Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies," where they discuss the sectarian rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Ariel Koch's article sheds light on the contemporary left-wing extremism and violent mobilization in Europe and North America, its reflections on the Internet and in music, and its violent activity at home against "fascist" representatives (such as right-wing extremist groups and individuals), and even abroad, against other "fascist" representatives, such as the Islamic State organization.

Head of Kurdish Studies at the MDC Prof. Ofra Bengio has published an article in the peer-reviewed scholarly journal British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (BJMES), which analyzes the rise of Kurdistan in Iraq.

Senior Research Fellow Prof. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman has published a chapter in Volume II of Emerging Actors in Post-Revolutionary North Africa: Berber Movements: Identity, New Issues and New Challenges, which examines the interface between Berber identity and post-2011 events in North Africa.

MDC Senior Researcher Prof. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman has reviewed Adam Yousef's "Europe’s Relations with North Africa: Politics, Economics and Security" in the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs.

Ariel Koch's article examines the use of crusader symbolism on the part of right-wing "counter Jihad" groups in Europe and North America.

Prof. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman has published an article in the peer-reviewed journal, "Nationalism and Ethnic Politics."

Uzi Rabi and Chelsi Mueller investigate the changing posture of the Gulf Arab states towards Israel, post-1967, in their latest peer-reviewed article for the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.