MDC Research and Analysis

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We Love You Trump: Syrian Users on the American Attack

Date

April 28, 2017

Adam Hoffman takes a look at how some Syrian social media users viewed the American missile strike in Syria.

The Chemical Attack on Khan Sheikhun: Palestinians Divorce the Syrian Regime

Date

April 28, 2017

Michael Barak analyzes the outrage expressed by Palestinians against the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhun, tempered by the reluctance by some segments to condemn the Assad regime itself.

An Even More Troubled Alliance: Turkish-American Problems in Contemporary Perspective

Date

April 26, 2017

Guest contributor Nick Danforth, of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington D.C., analyzes the future of US-Turkey relations after the April 2017 constitutional referendum in Turkey.

Beyond Turkey’s Referendum: Prospects on Shifting Post-Referendum Alliances

Date

April 26, 2017

Ceng Sagnic discusses the potential for shifting political alliances in post-referendum Turkey

Iranian Reactions to the American Attack on Syria

Date

April 25, 2017

Raz Zimmt argues that Iranians are opposed to the chemical attack in Syria but are doubtful of U.S President Donald Trump's policy.

A Critical Survey of Textbooks on the Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Date

April 23, 2017

Working Paper No.1 critically examines the textbooks commonly used to teach about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in university classrooms.

Summit or siesta?

Date

April 20, 2017

Senior Research Fellow Prof. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman argues that the 2017 Arab League Summit held in Jordan contained little substantive content, but nevertheless served as an indicator of current political dynamics.

A Look at Foreign Workers in the Middle East

Date

April 7, 2017

Turkey's Economy is Paying the Price

Date

March 30, 2017

Paul Rivlin explains how Turkey's economic growth has slowed after 2008, due in part to the flagging pace of reform that had been designed to move Turkey towards European Union membership.

Changing Dynamics in the Syrian Crisis

Date

March 30, 2017

Alexey Khlebnikov analyzes how the U.S. and the EU now have taken a back seat to Russia, Turkey, and Iran.