MDC Research and Analysis

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak examines how social media services are used to disseminate hatred and incitement in Turkey.

Senior Researcher Dr. Paul Rivlin analyzes the impact of falling oil prices on the political economy of the region, and specifically on Saudi Arabia.

Raz Zimmt examines racism and incitement against Arabs on Iranian social media.

Michael Barak analyzes the BDS movement in Arabic-language social media.

MDC Principal Research Fellow Dr. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman argues that recent elections have enabled both Egypt and Turkey to consolidate executive power.

In this issue: Bayan focuses on the tumultuous events of the past month in Israel, following the crisis in Israeli-Palestinian relations revolving around the al-Aqsa mosque, and their effects on the Arab public in Israel.

MDC Junior Researcher Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the outcome of the November elections in Turkey, and argues that the Turkish people chose economic stability and security over perceived chaos, even at the expense of perceived authoritarianism.

Idit Toledano examines the development of urban culture in Kinsasha, Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Hebrew.

Joyce van de Bildt analyzes the recent parliamentary elections held in Egypt, which were the first held since the ouster of Mohammed Morsi over two years ago.

Ayelet Levy analyzes the phenomenon of political Islam under the sponsorship of the monarchy. In Hebrew.