Tel Aviv Notes - Contemporary Middle East Analysis

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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, Dr. Daniel Zisenwine and Dr. Daniela Giulia Traub. 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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Asher Susser

Tradition and Modernity in the Arab Spring

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Senior Research Fellow Asher Susser argues that despite innovations in technology, tradition continues to dominate Arab societies in "Tradition and Modernity" in the Arab Spring.
Joyce van de Bildt

Educating Imams in Europe

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

Why Is Russia Standing by Syria?

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

Islamism in Somalia

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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.
Brian Albert

Yemen Rivalries

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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.