MDC Research and Analysis

Raz Zimmt examines the use of the "Telegram" text messaging application in Iran.

Michael Barak analyzes the interference of the current Egyptian government in the recent elections for the Egyptian Students' Union.

Gilad Shiloach analyzes the propaganda effort of the Islamic State through social media and other channels.

Eliyahu Kamisher explains how the Kurdish quasi-state managed to sidestep Baghdad and construct an independent oil industry.

MDC Senior Research Fellow Dr. Esther Webman examines the ideology and goals of the Islamic State and al-Qaʿida as expressed in their English-language publications.

Junior researcher Adi Kraut-Adler examines the dramatic role that China has had in development efforts within Africa. In Hebrew.

MDC Researcher Dr. Nachum Shiloh explains how female participation in the 2015 Saudi municipal elections reflect changes in state-society relations in the Saudi kingdom.

MDC Researcher Dr. Nachum Shiloh analyzes the phenomenon of women voting and being elected to office in the recent Saudi Arabia elections, and argues that this is a reflection of state-society relations. In Hebrew.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak examines how the diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Russia has caused Ankara to reevaluate its foreign policy, especially towards Israel, and the reaction on Turkish social media.