MDC Research and Analysis

The current issue of Bayan: Quarterly Review of Arab Society in Israel, is being published one week before the elections to the 26th Knesset and features an article by Yusri Hazran, examining the dichotomous structure of Arab politics in Israel.

In our latest issue of Turkeyscope, Alex Grinberg discusses the Turkish reaction to the Israeli bombing of the Abu al-Duhur airbase in northern Syria in August. He argues that Israel's officials did not see it as a major escalation, but rather a warning shot against Turkish military entrenchment in Syria.

In this edition of Tel Aviv Notes, Senior Research Fellow and Professor (Emeritus) Ofra Bengio presents the significant changes the Kurdish communities in the Middle East have experienced over the past decade, transforming them from a marginal actor to a central political player in regional affairs. This achievement, however, has been short-lived, as recent developments have eroded the Kurdish position, returning these communities to square one.

In our latest issue of Turkeyscope, Dr. Ronen Bar-El examines the economic foundations of Turkey’s growing regional ambitions. He shows how Ankara has sustained its power projection through defense exports, diversified partnerships, and a model of “networked power projection,” while persistent inflation, weak productivity, and dependence on external financing continue to constrain the long-term sustainability of its regional influence.

In this latest edition of Tel Aviv Notes, Boris Sharov examines how this year's war between Israel/United States and Iran has generated new interest in the Gulf (and elsewhere) for partnering with Ukraine on air defense.

In this issue of Tel Aviv Notes, Jonathan Franco presents the case that UNIFIL was doomed from the outset, tracing its failure back to the formative years (1978–1982), when the force already lacked the local and international support essential to its mission.  

The current issue of Bayan includes one article written by Atia Alrhahla, which examines the historical and social reasons for the consolidation of the Ra’am Party’s support among the Bedouin community in the Negev.

In our latest issue of Turkeyscope, Joseph Epstein and Ayan Serikpayev analyze the latest developments and the trajectory of the US-Turkish relationship in the wake of the ongoing conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States.