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    The India-Gulf Spat: Protagonists in glass houses
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jun 8
    • 4 min

    The India-Gulf Spat: Protagonists in glass houses

    James M. Dorsey Launched 12 years ago, my column, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, offers, to borrow a phrase from an early...
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    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...
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    Contesting Russia requires renewed US engagement in Central Asia
    James M. Dorsey
    • Apr 29
    • 4 min

    Contesting Russia requires renewed US engagement in Central Asia

    James M. Dorsey When US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III declared that Washington wanted to see Russia so “weakened" that it would...
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    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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    Pakistan revamps education at the point of a gun
    James M. Dorsey
    • Dec 28, 2021
    • 4 min

    Pakistan revamps education at the point of a gun

    By James M. Dorsey Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is a rare clerical voice in Pakistan. A prominent religious scholar and former member of the...
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    UAE chalks up diplomatic successes with uncertain payoffs
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 24, 2021
    • 5 min

    UAE chalks up diplomatic successes with uncertain payoffs

    November 25, 2021 By James M. Dorsey It has been a good week for United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. Headline-grabbing,...
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    Pulling back from the brink: Religious and ethnic intolerance threatens to spin out of control
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 13, 2021
    • 5 min

    Pulling back from the brink: Religious and ethnic intolerance threatens to spin out of control

    November 14, 2021 By James M Dorsey The family of nations is balancing on the edge of an abyss as mushrooming religious and ethnic...
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    Whither Muslim solidarity and moderation?
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 4 min

    Whither Muslim solidarity and moderation?

    November 11, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki AlFaisal Al Saud must have gotten his tenses mixed up...
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    South Asia replaces the Middle East as the epicentre of Muslim religious ultra-conservatism
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    South Asia replaces the Middle East as the epicentre of Muslim religious ultra-conservatism

    November 08, 2021 By James M. Dorsey As Middle Eastern states attempt to manage their political and security differences, Muslim-majority...
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    Ultraconservative triumph puts Pakistan at risk
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 5 min

    Ultraconservative triumph puts Pakistan at risk

    November 04, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan may have averted for now further violence by caving in to...
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    Religious ultra-conservatism has a field day in Pakistan. It puts Saudi Arabia on the Spot
    James M. Dorsey
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    Religious ultra-conservatism has a field day in Pakistan. It puts Saudi Arabia on the Spot

    October 30, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism is having a field day. Barely three months after the Taliban claimed...
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    The pendulum gradually swings towards international engagement with the Taliban
    James M. Dorsey
    • Oct 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    The pendulum gradually swings towards international engagement with the Taliban

    October 27, 2021 By James M. Dorsey The Taliban and Pakistan, both viewed warily by the West and others in the international community,...
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    Shaping US Middle East policy amidst failing states, failed democratization and increased activism
    James M. Dorsey
    • Oct 16, 2021
    • 5 min

    Shaping US Middle East policy amidst failing states, failed democratization and increased activism

    Source: Middle East Report, Spring 2020 nbr 294 https://merip.org/2020/06/exit-empire/ By James M. Dorsey The future of US engagement in...
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    Comparing textbooks: Even Afghanistan scores better than Pakistan
    James M. Dorsey
    • Oct 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    Comparing textbooks: Even Afghanistan scores better than Pakistan

    By James M. Dorsey Societal struggles and reform often take unexpected turns in vast swaths of land stretching from the Middle East into...
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    Afghanistan highlights link between religious soft power and Gulf security
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 30, 2021
    • 5 min

    Afghanistan highlights link between religious soft power and Gulf security

    By James M. Dorsey When Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Thani this week described the Taliban’s repressive...
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    A shift in militants’ strategy could shine a more positive light on failed US policy
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 20, 2021
    • 7 min

    A shift in militants’ strategy could shine a more positive light on failed US policy

    By James M. Dorsey A paradigm shift in jihadist thinking suggests that the US invasion of Afghanistan may prove to have achieved more...
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    Initial Taliban moves fail to convince Afghanistan’s neighbours
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 13, 2021
    • 7 min

    Initial Taliban moves fail to convince Afghanistan’s neighbours

    By James M. Dorsey The Taliban’s record in recent weeks on making good on promises to respect human and women’s rights as well as uphold...
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    To include or not include? China-led SCO weighs Iranian membership
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 11, 2021
    • 4 min

    To include or not include? China-led SCO weighs Iranian membership

    By James M. Dorsey The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan may help Iran reduce its international isolation. At least, that’s what the...
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    Taliban perpetuate Muslim world's failed governance paradigm
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    Taliban perpetuate Muslim world's failed governance paradigm

    By James M. Dorsey The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan perpetuates a paradigm of failed governance in the Muslim world based on a...
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    Insight 265: US Foreign Policy Debate Rages, But Fails to Move the Needle
    James M. Dorsey
    • Aug 31, 2021
    • 42 min

    Insight 265: US Foreign Policy Debate Rages, But Fails to Move the Needle

    By James M. Dorsey* A series of reports published by Washington-based think tanks populated by former government officials as well as...
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