MDC Research and Analysis

Prof. Uriya Shavit discusses Qatari-backed al-Jazeera's attempts to influence Middle East events

In this edition of Iqtisadi: Middle East economy, Dr. Paul Rivlin discusses the socio-economic crisis in Syria while Yitzhak Gal discusses Hamas and its economic power in Gaza.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak discusses Turkey's recent movements towards authoritarianism.

MDC Research Irit Back looks at the reactions of the African Union and others to the Arab Spring

MDC Principal Research Fellow Dr. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman argues that the euphoria of the Tahrir Square "revolution" has worn off, and the inevitable social and political conflicts have begun to emerge, following the ouster of Mubarak in the Egyptian 'Arab Spring.'

In the first edition of Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy, Dr. Paul Rivlin and Yitzhak Gal investigate recent trends in Israel's trade relationship with Turkey and Jordan, as well as the economic roots of the unrest in Egypt.