MDC Research and Analysis

Dr. Tal Pavel and Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak examine the recent events that have revealed Turkey's vulnerabilities in the field of cyber security.

Guest author Dr. Yoel Guzansky analyzes the efforts in the UAE to develop nuclear capabilities. In Hebrew.

MDC Researcher Brandon Friedman analyzes how Turkish and Iranian interests in Syria and Iraq are diverging, despite their recent diplomatic "entente."

Guest author Dr. Tal Pavel examines how technologies developed in the West are often used by Middle Eastern states to monitor and even curtail their citizen's Internet use.

Raz Zimmt discusses the farmers’ protest in the Isfahan province of Iran, which erupted because of the growing water shortage therein.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak reviews the responses on Turkish social media to the West’s military attack on the Assad regime, following the chemical attack on Duma.

Mauro Primavera analyzes the ways that corrupt businessmen are capitalizing on the bloody Syrian conflict.

Timur Akhmetov analyzes the factors leading to increased Russian-Turkish cooperation.

Guest author Yasmine Hasnaoui analyzes the role that the United Nations has taken in solving the seemingly intractable Western Sahara conflict.