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    Saudi religious moderation: the world’s foremost publisher of Qur’ans has yet to get the message
    James M. Dorsey
    • 3 days ago
    • 5 min

    Saudi religious moderation: the world’s foremost publisher of Qur’ans has yet to get the message

    James M. Dorsey A podcast version is available on Soundcloud,Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. When the religious affairs minister...
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    Deteriorating Israeli-Russian relations: A cautionary message for the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey
    James M. Dorsey
    • May 3
    • 5 min

    Deteriorating Israeli-Russian relations: A cautionary message for the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey

    James M. Dorsey Israel’s rapidly deteriorating relations with Russia contain a message for other Middle Eastern powers: attempting to...
    147 views0 comments
    Ukraine joins Afghanistan and Yemen in shaping Gulf rivalries
    James M. Dorsey
    • May 2
    • 4 min

    Ukraine joins Afghanistan and Yemen in shaping Gulf rivalries

    James M. Dorsey The US withdrawal from Afghanistan was a geopolitical watershed. Its shockwaves continue to reverberate and are magnified...
    107 views0 comments
    Saudi Arabia targets a more Republican Washington
    James M. Dorsey
    • Apr 22
    • 4 min

    Saudi Arabia targets a more Republican Washington

    James M. Dorsey Rather than push for an immediate improvement of strained relations with the United States, Saudi Arabia appears to be...
    57 views0 comments
    Iran capitalises on Central Asian vacuum created by the Ukraine war
    James M. Dorsey
    • Apr 16
    • 4 min

    Iran capitalises on Central Asian vacuum created by the Ukraine war

    James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story please click here. Anti-Iranian protests in Afghanistan and the stabbing of three...
    99 views1 comment
    Always a major Middle Eastern power, Israel now takes centre stage
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 30
    • 4 min

    Always a major Middle Eastern power, Israel now takes centre stage

    By James M. Dorsey A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab...
    32 views0 comments
    In Saudi Arabia, dance maybe, dissent no
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 20
    • 5 min

    In Saudi Arabia, dance maybe, dissent no

    James M. Dorsey Three scantily dressed samba dancers wearing traditional feather headdresses laid bare the limits of social...
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    The Gulf crisis has lessons for Vladimir Putin. Not all may work in his favour
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 17
    • 4 min

    The Gulf crisis has lessons for Vladimir Putin. Not all may work in his favour

    By James M. Dorsey The Ukraine crisis may constitute a more impactful, historic watershed than the 1989 fall of the Berlin wall in the...
    101 views0 comments
    Putin hums ‘Georgia on my mind’
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 14
    • 3 min

    Putin hums ‘Georgia on my mind’

    By James M. Dorsey What did Russian President Vladimir Putin think when he ordered his troops into Ukraine? Ray Charles' 'Georgia on...
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    Ukraine may force Middle Eastern rivals to upgrade their toolkit
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 13
    • 5 min

    Ukraine may force Middle Eastern rivals to upgrade their toolkit

    By James M. Dorsey Struggling to remain on the sidelines of the 21st century’s watershed war in Ukraine, Middle Eastern nations are...
    64 views0 comments
    Hedging bets: Middle Eastern states eye cost of hedging bets
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 2
    • 4 min

    Hedging bets: Middle Eastern states eye cost of hedging bets

    By James M. Dorsey Emiratis celebrated their failure to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations Security Council as...
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    Ukraine: Lessons not being learned
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 28
    • 5 min

    Ukraine: Lessons not being learned

    James M. Dorsey Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the international condemnation it generated contains key...
    222 views0 comments
    Imaging the day after a Russian conquest of Kyiv: Not a pretty picture
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 26
    • 4 min

    Imaging the day after a Russian conquest of Kyiv: Not a pretty picture

    By James M. Dorsey It may be only a matter of time before Russian troops control the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and topple President...
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    Middle Eastern states walk a tightrope that Ukraine spins ever tighter
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 24
    • 4 min

    Middle Eastern states walk a tightrope that Ukraine spins ever tighter

    By James M. Dorsey Israel and Gulf states struggle not to fall off the tightrope they walk as a Russian attack on Ukraine makes hedging...
    37 views0 comments
    Food in Israel divides and unites as much as it shapes identity
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 19
    • 4 min

    Food in Israel divides and unites as much as it shapes identity

    By James M. Dorsey Food, far more than diplomatic relations with Arab states, could be turning Israel into a state rooted rather than...
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    Turkish gold conversion plan likely to falter on lack of public trust
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 12
    • 5 min

    Turkish gold conversion plan likely to falter on lack of public trust

    By James M. Dorsey When Turkish finance minister Nureddin Nebati this week announced plans to encourage households to convert their gold...
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    Israel expands its Iran strategy amid potential social unrest in the Islamic republic
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 6
    • 5 min

    Israel expands its Iran strategy amid potential social unrest in the Islamic republic

    By James M. Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has laid out an expanded Israeli strategy to confront Iran that appears to move...
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    Kazakhstan, like Ukraine, spotlights the swapping of the rule of law for the law of the jungle
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 16
    • 4 min

    Kazakhstan, like Ukraine, spotlights the swapping of the rule of law for the law of the jungle

    James M. Dorsey When a Russian-led military force intervened earlier this month, it did more than help Kazakh President Qasym-Johart...
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    Saudi and Emirati religious moderation inspires few beyond their borders
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 8
    • 6 min

    Saudi and Emirati religious moderation inspires few beyond their borders

    James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have drawn praise for social reforms that have domestically reduced the role of...
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    Qatar, like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, but unlike Kuwait, cleanses its textbooks
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 1
    • 5 min

    Qatar, like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, but unlike Kuwait, cleanses its textbooks

    By James M. Dorsey Qatar has begun to cleanse its schoolbooks of supremacist, racist or derogatory references as well as celebrations of...
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