Geopolitics of the Middle East

Dr. Joshua Krasna and Dr. Brandon Friedman assess, in an article published by Foreign Policy Research Institute, how the Hamas-Israel War is affecting regional politics.

Dr. Joshua Krasna from MDC and Hadar Lasry point to Israel’s changing perception of itself as an integral part of its region, not a “villa in the jungle” separate from it, and its increasing appetite for issue-specific alliances and collective security arrangements. This article is part of a special issue of "Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs", published by MDC's Hiwar Forum, with support from the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Israel office.

Dr. Brandon Friedman discusses the tension between Saudi Arabia’s aspirations for leadership in the region, and the necessity for it to act in concert with other regional actors to achieve its objectives, due to its vulnerability and military weakness. This article is part of a special issue of "Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs", published by MDC's Hiwar Forum, with support from the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Israel office.

Prof. Uzi Rabi, the director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, analyzes in the Jerusalem Post Israel's position in the evolving geopolitical situation in the Middle East.

Brandon Friedman, director of Research at MDC, and Ori Sela from the department of East Asian Studies at Tel Aviv University, published a new article in "The Global Policy Journal", which looks at the merit of using the lens of the Cold War to analyze contemporary Sino-American competition in the Middle East.

Senior Research Fellow Prof. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman argues that the 2017 Arab League Summit held in Jordan contained little substantive content, but nevertheless served as an indicator of current political dynamics.