MDC Research and Analysis

In this edition of Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy, Dr. Paul Rivlin examines the significant economic challenges facing Egypt's newly elected president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Duygu Atlas discusses the Alevis, Turkey's largest religious minority, and their tense relations with the state.

Rachel Kantz Feder discusses the various meanings ascribed to al-dawla al-madaniyah, the civil state, in the Middle East.

In this edition of Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy, Dr. Paul Rivlin discusses Tunisia's 'state capture' under Zine el Abidine Ben Ali's rule.