MDC Research and Analysis

Ronen Zeidel analyzes recent developments in Iraq's efforts to retake Mosul from the Islamic State (IS).

Raz Zimmt analyzes the public protests on Iranian social media responding to restrictions imposed by President Rouhani's opponents on his supporters in the Majlis.

Paul Rivlin examines the diverse economic effects of conflict on Arab countries five years after the Arab Spring.

The December 2016 issue of Current Contents is now available, thus completing the year. Current Contents is a quick-alert publication, which reports in brief form the appearance of articles on the Middle East in specialized and general journals.

In this article from the December 2016 issue of Bayan, Nasreen Hadad Haj Yahya analyzes the challenges that young Arab citizens of Israel face when seeking employment.

In this article from the December 2016 issue of Bayan, Shlomi Daskal examines the recent elections held in Nazareth Illit and the fundamental regional changes reflected therein.

Itamar Dubinsky analyzes the 2016 elections held in Ghana. In Hebrew.

Alan Makovsky examines the prospect that the Cyprus problem could impede Israel’s and Turkey’s energy plans.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the ways that Turkey uses its domestic arms industry as a tool for leveraging its position internationally.