MDC Research and Analysis

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The Fight against ISIS on social media: The War for Hearts and Minds

Date

September 28, 2016

Adam Hoffman investigates efforts to combat ISIS using social media.

The Development of the Sino-Iranian Limited Partnership: China’s $600-Billion Proposition

Date

September 28, 2016

Michael Schwartz examines the background and recent history of Sino-Iranian relations and explains how commercial and trade relations have changed between China and Iran since the July 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1.

From Great Expectations to Bitter Disappointment: Egypt’s Youth, After Three Years of al-Sisi's Presidency

Date

September 26, 2016

MDC Researcher Dr. Mira Tzoreff examines the real and virtual political activism of Egypt's revolutionary youth, and the Sisi regime's response to youth dissent.

Twenty Years of Cooperation between the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University

Date

September 26, 2016

In this article from the September 2016 issue of Bayan: The Arabs in Israel, Dr. Elie Rekhess reviews the history of the Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation at the MDC, and discusses the challenges and opportunities currently before it.

Gender Aspects of the 'Virtual Enclave' of the Islamic Movement in Israel

Date

September 26, 2016

In this article from the September 2016 issue of Bayan: The Arabs in Israel, Dr. Inbal Tal analyzes the ways that the Islamic Movement in Israel utilizes virtual social networks as part of its activities among Muslim women in Israel.

Indefinite Agony (Mideast Monitor)

Date

September 26, 2016

In his October 2016 'Mideast Monitor' column for the Jerusalem Report, Senior Researcher Prof. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman argues that the partial cease-fire agreed upon by the United States and Russia will not ultimately result in a termination of the Syrian conflict.

Five Years of War in Blue Nile State: Hope and Despair between the Two Sudans

Date

September 22, 2016

Yotam Gidron explains the current conflict in Blue Nile State, located in south-eastern Sudan, where fighting continues between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army-North and the Sudanese government.

Post-Qaddafi Libya: A Failing State

Date

September 15, 2016

Professor Yehudit Ronen of Bar Ilan University analyzes the challenges facing post-Qaddafi Libya.

A Kurdish State (Israel Public Diplomacy Forum)

Date

September 11, 2016

Senior Researcher Prof. Ofra Bengio has published an article in the Israel Public Diplomacy Forum, where she argues that "Kurdistan in Iraq has never been so close to independence as it has now."

Back to the Knesset? Israeli Arab Vote in the 20th Knesset Elections (Israel Affairs)

Date

September 11, 2016

Arik Rudnitzky has published an article in "Israel Affairs," where he examines the voting behavior of the Israeli citizens of Israel in the 2015 Knesset elections.