Economy

In our latest issue of Turkeyscope, Dr. Ronen Bar-El examines the economic foundations of Turkey’s growing regional ambitions. He shows how Ankara has sustained its power projection through defense exports, diversified partnerships, and a model of “networked power projection,” while persistent inflation, weak productivity, and dependence on external financing continue to constrain the long-term sustainability of its regional influence.

In the latest issue of Tel Aviv Notes, Daniela Traub examines how national transitions to knowledge-based economies have driven the UAE, Azerbaijan, and Morocco to strengthen ties with Israel - and why those ties proved resilient in the wake of October 7.

Building on the historic insights of Ibn Khaldun, Einat Levi presents a new model of “City Diplomacy” as a potential key to future progress within the framework of regionalism. This article is part of "Regional Cooperation in the Midst of Regional Conflagration: Examining the Partnership Agenda in the Shadow of October 7th", a joint MDC's Forum for Regional Cooperation/KAS publication, that focuses on the regional partnership agenda.

Joshua Krasna examines the economic progression which, although showing significant bilateral progress, had thus far failed to rise to the challenge of “regionalism” and produce multi-state collaborations, despite those being planned. This article is part of "Regional Cooperation in the Midst of Regional Conflagration: Examining the Partnership Agenda in the Shadow of October 7th", a joint MDC's Forum for Regional Cooperation/KAS publication, that focuses on the regional partnership agenda.

Israel at War - MDC researchers in Israeli and International Media.

In this new edition of Tel Aviv Notes, Josh Krasna examines the implications of the closure of the pipeline that delivered oil from the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to Turkey's Ceyhan port, focusing on the state of relations between Erbil and Baghdad.