MDC Research and Analysis

MDC Senior Researcher Professor Ofra Bengio discusses the effect of the Islamic State on cementing a Kurdish state.

In this issue: Bayan examines the opinions and reactions of the Arab public in Israel to the current operation in Gaza.

Michael Barak examines how the expulsion of the Muslim Brotherhood's leadership from Qatar was discussed on social media within the region.

Raz Zimmt discusses the way that the Iranian social media perceives the illness of the Chairman of the Council of Experts.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak discusses the response in Turkish social media to the election of Reccip Tayyip Erdoğan to the Turkish presidency.

In this edition of Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy, Dr. Paul Rivlin explains the economic basis behind the Middle East's descent into increasing extremism and violence.