MDC Research and Analysis

Guest author Samuel Helfont discusses the history of the Sunni-Shi'i divide and its implications for the post-'Arab Spring' Middle East.

Joyce van de Bildt discusses the graffiti movement that has developed in Egypt since the 2011 revolution.

Carl Yonker discusses the participation of Iran-backed Shi'i proxy forces in the sectarian violence in Iraq and in the civil war in Syria.