MDC Research and Analysis

Visiting scholar Magdalena Kirchner takes a closer look at both the dynamics of the “Arab Spring” conflicts and their effects on other regional crises.

Guest scholar James M. Dorsey, senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, explains the recent soccer violence in Egypt.

In this edition of Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy, Dr. Paul Rivlin discusses the causes of the political and economic problems of the Arab Middle East.

Michael Barak discusses the social protests that have erupted in Saudi Arabia over the national epidemic of deadly traffic accidents involving teachers.

Raz Zimmt analyzes the social media campaign for the release of two Iranian opposition leaders.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the perceptions of Islamophobia in Turkey, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the execution by the Islamic State of the captured Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kasabeh.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak explains the evolving role of Diyanet, the office of religious affairs, in Turkey.