MDC Research and Analysis

Brandon Friedman examines the firestorm of recent developments in Saudi Arabia.

Rina Bassist analyzes the shift in French foreign policy in Africa under new President Emmanuel Macron.

Gilad Shiloach analyzes the ISIS presence in Afghanistan.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak discusses Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's use of grandiose building projects as a means of emulating Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and for laying the groundwork for future political alliances.

MDC Researcher Michael Barak examines the consequences of Egypt's decision to dissolve the "Building and Development" Party, the political wing of al-Gamaʿa al-Islamiyya.

ISIS may have a new competitor in the Sinai Peninsula.

ISIS's famed propaganda machine will never be the same. In the inaugural issue of the MDC's new weekly, "Jihadiscope," Gilad Shiloach explains why.

Michael Barak analyzes the recent dismantlement of the "Building and Development" party and what it means for the Egyptian political arena. In Hebrew.