MDC Research and Analysis

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Religion and Conflict in the Sudan Region (Hebrew)

Date

July 23, 2017

Inbal Ben-Yehuda investigates the attitude of Darfurians to Islam, in the shadow of the Darfur crisis. In Hebrew.

Demographics between the Mediterranean and the River Jordan

Date

July 23, 2017

MDC Senior Research Fellow Paul Rivlin examines demographic trends in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza and their implications.

Palestinian Social Media and Lone-Wolf Attacks: Subculture, Legitimization, and Epidemic

Date

July 18, 2017

Head of the Doron Halpern Middle East Network Analysis Desk Dr. Harel Chorev writes in the journal "Terrorism and Political Violence" about the impact of social media on the wave of Palestinian lone-wolf attacks against Israelis from October 2015 through September 2016.

Turkey Can Ally with Syria’s Kurds Someday

Date

July 17, 2017

Dr. David Pollock of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy analyzes Turkish policy vis-à-vis Syrian Kurds by highlighting the challenges, the current modus vivendi and future prospects.

The Changing Equation in Cyprus

Date

July 17, 2017

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak discusses the changing power equation in Cyprus and the role of natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean.

al-Hashd as-Sha'bi: Mediating between Iranian Aspirations and Geographical Changes in Iraq and Syria

Date

July 16, 2017

Dr. Doron Itzhakov writes of the role of the approximately forty militias - many of them under Iranian control or influence - currently operating alongside the Iraqi Army and in Syria. In Hebrew.

Remembering the June 1967 War after Fifty Years: The Egyptian Version

Date

July 13, 2017

MDC Research Fellow Dr. Mira Tzoreff examines the changes in the Egyptian public discourse about the June 1967 War, on the occasion of its 50-year anniversary.

The "Other Iraq" after Mosul: What Future for the Kurdish Region?

Date

July 6, 2017

Head of Kurdish Studies Prof. Ofra Bengio analyzes the future of the Kurdistan Region post-Islamic State in her chapter from the edited volume, "After Mosul: Re-Inventing Iraq."

כיצד ראוי לזכור מלחמה לאחר חמישים שנה?- מלחמת יוני 67: הגרסה המצרית

Date

July 5, 2017

Mira Tzoreff analyzes the June 1967 war through the lens of recent coverage in the Egyptian press. In Hebrew.

al-Shabaab’s Resurgence in the Horn of Africa: Factors Contributing to the Group’s Persistence

Date

July 2, 2017

Alexander Takele analyzes the improvement in the fortunes of the al-Shabaab jihadi-salafi militant group.