MDC Research and Analysis

Teresa Harings outlines the situation that has brought the jihadi group Al-Shabab to power in southern Somalia and discusses the group's relationship to Al-Qa'ida.

In this edition of Iqtisadi: Middle East economy, Yitzhak Gal discusses the Palestinian bid for UN recognition while Dr. Paul Rivlin discusses the politics and economics of the Arab Spring

MDC Intern Brian Albert explains the order of events that have brought the Hashid tribes to join forces with the opposition in a bid to bring down the regime, in the Yemenite version of the Arab Spring.

MDC Senior Researcher Dr. Ephraim Lavie explores the challenges and hopes in the lead up to the PA-initiated UN vote for Palestinian statehood.

Junior Researcher Samir Ben-Layashi examines the recent constitutional reforms in Morocco and their impact in the light of the Arab Spring.