Tel Aviv Notes - Contemporary Middle East Analysis

Tel Aviv Notes is the Moshe Dayan Center's monthly analytical update on current affairs and regional developments in the Middle East. Edited by Dr. Brandon Friedman and Dr. Ido Yahel. Currently, we have archived issues dating back to 2011. If you are looking for an older article, please contact us and we will be glad to assist.

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Turkey and Iraq: Soft Power, Hard Power

Date

November 2, 2011

MDC Visiting Scholars Büşra Süpürgeci and İ. Eralp Semerci explore the Kurdish question in the context of Turkish-Iraqi relations.

Educating Imams in Europe

Date

October 26, 2011

Joyce van de Bildt examines the phenomenon of imams being dispatched from the Middle East to serve Muslim immigrant communities in Europe.

Social Media and Other Revolutions

Date

October 10, 2011

Research fellow Harel Chorev explains why social media was a tool of, but not the cause of, the Arab Spring uprisings.

The Spring of Palestinian Independence: Assessing the Bid for UN Recognition

Date

October 6, 2011

Senior Researcher Dr. Ephraim Lavie discusses how the Palestinian bid has progressed and speculates on the Palestinian Authority's and Israel's next moves in the face of a US veto.

Why Is Russia Standing by Syria?

Date

September 26, 2011

MDC Visiting Scholar Alex Khlebnikov examines Russia's policies towards the Middle East and its historic ally, Syria.

Islamism in Somalia

Date

September 15, 2011

Teresa Harings outlines the situation that has brought the jihadi group Al-Shabab to power in southern Somalia and discusses the group's relationship to Al-Qa'ida.

Yemen Rivalries

Date

September 4, 2011

MDC Intern Brian Albert explains the order of events that have brought the Hashid tribes to join forces with the opposition in a bid to bring down the regime, in the Yemenite version of the Arab Spring.