James M. DorseyMar 24, 20215 minPlaying US politics: Saudi Arabia targets Middle AmericaBy James M. Dorsey Amid Washington chatter about the future of US-Saudi relations, the kingdom has launched an unprecedented public...
James M. DorseyMar 20, 20215 minIn the bull’s eye: Turkish, not Saudi, schoolbooksBy James M. Dorsey In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the bull’s eye of criticism of supremacist...
James M. DorseyMar 17, 20215 minReform in Saudi Arabia: A road not takenBy James M. Dorsey Saudi Sheikh Salman al-Awdah, a popular but controversial religious scholar who has been mostly in solitary...
James M. DorseyMar 14, 20214 minSmugglers’ protests: Iran succumbs to trauma and demonsBy James M. Dorsey Recent clashes in the Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan highlight Iran’s vulnerabilities as well as its...
James M. DorseyMar 8, 20214 minRussia Foreign Minister’s Gulf tour: A bellwether of US-Saudi relationsBy James M. Dorsey As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov embarks on a four-day visit to the Gulf, Middle Eastern leaders are either...