Saudi Arabia

Eyal Zisser, the Vice Rector of TAU and former director of MDC, has published an article in "Israel Hayom", discussing the odds regarding a normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

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.

Brandon Friedman has published an article for the National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute Perspectives series on the recent re-establishment of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Nir Boms, alongside Giora Eliraz, has published an article for "Fikra Forum", which discusses the significance of the Saudi Muslim World League's (MWL) and Indonesian Nahdlatul Ulama's (NU) cooperation seen in the Religion 20 (R20) Forum, which took place in Bali in November 2022.

Brandon Friedman, director of research at MDC, published an article in "Bustan: A Middle East Book Review", reviewing Ben Hubbard, David B. Ottaway, and Madawi Al-Rasheed's books on nationalism and development in Saudi Arabia.

Chelsi Mueller has published an article in the Transatlantic Policy Quarterly on the history and changes in Saudi-Israeli foreign relations.