MDC Research and Analysis

1491 items

page 103 of 150

MDC Bulletin no.60

Date

March 29, 2015

We are pleased to present the MDC Bulletin, no. 60, which details the activities of the MDC over Spring-Summer 2014.

The Islamic State and its “Sinai Province”

Date

March 26, 2015

Guest scholar Aymenn J. Al-Tamimi explains the origins of the Islamic State's "Sinai Province."

Arabs Apathetic to Israeli Election (Mideast Monitor)

Date

March 25, 2015

South Sudan in the 'Identity Thicket' - Challenges to building a nation-state (Hebrew)

Date

March 22, 2015

Ambassador Haim Koren examines the challenges currently facing the newly independent state of South Sudan. In Hebrew.

Srebrenica: A Dutch National Trauma (Journal of Peace, Conflict & Development 21)

Date

March 21, 2015

In this edition of Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy, Dr. Paul Rivlin analyzes the unwillingness of Middle East area specialists to use social science to explain some of the inadequacies of contemporary studies of the region.

Kurdistan in a ‘War Game’: Inching towards Independence (Rudaw)

Date

March 18, 2015

Anglo-Iranian Treaty Negotiations: Reza Shah, Teymurtash and the British Government, 1927–32 (Iranian Studies)

Date

March 16, 2015

Chelsi Mueller has recently published an article in Iranian Studies, which examines the negotiations held between 1927-1932 between Reza Shah's court minister, ‘Abdolhossein Khan Teymurtash, and the British Legation in Tehran.

The Turkish “Iwo Jima:” The Law of Süleyman Şah Is No Longer the Law of Istanbul

Date

March 15, 2015

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak examines the Turkish military operation to relocate the tomb of Süleyman Şah.

The Conquest of Sana’a by the Houthis on Social Media

Date

March 15, 2015

Michael Barak examines the discussion on social media about the Houthi conquest of the Yemeni city of Sana'a.