MDC Research and Analysis

Paul Rivlin analyzes the problematic economic trends in the Middle East, which in part contributed to the 2011 Arab Spring.

Asher Lubotzky and Ofir Winter about the Ethiopian Spring (in Hebrew).

Nir Boms and Stéphane Cohen analyze the effects of Iran's involvement in Syria, especially on the Syrian Golan.

Contributing researcher Dr. Özgür Kaymak discusses minority-state relations in Turkey.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak examines the discourse on Turkish social media concerning the recent arrest of Turkish academics who had participated in the 2013 Gezi Park protests, and the parallels that some users drew between that demonstration and the massive Yellow Vest protests in France.

Nachum Shiloh analyzes the modus operandi on social media of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, his allies and opponents.

Michael Barak reviews the public discourse among the Coptic community on Egyptian social networking sites, which concerns the involvement of the church and its leader Patriarch Theodore II in political issues.

Joel D. Parker analyzes the current state of the Syrian civilian political opposition to the Asad regime.

Benjamin Yoel examines the means by which Oman attempts to deal with significant economic challenges.

Adi Kraut-Adler examines how Chinese economic expansion in Africa is portrayed by the Western, African, and Chinese media.