MDC Research and Analysis

The October 2016 issue of Current Contents is now available. It is a quick-alert publication, reporting in brief form the appearance of articles on the Middle East in specialized and general journals. Current Contents is issued six times a year.

Maisie McCormack and Brandon Friedman analyze the evolving relationship between Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the context of a new generation of leadership and regional change.

Raz Zimmt looks at the usage of social media by conservative, often pro-regime forces in Iran, despite their ostensible ideological opposition to such services.

Gilad Shiloach analyzes the activities of the 'Amaq News Agency, a critical part of ISIS' public relations efforts.

Adam Hoffman investigates efforts to combat ISIS using social media.

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.

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.

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.

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.