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    New Books Network: Interview with Peter Mandaville, editor of Wahhabism and the World
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jun 2
    • 2 min

    New Books Network: Interview with Peter Mandaville, editor of Wahhabism and the World

    James M. Dorsey Peter Mandaville, Wahhabism and the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam, Oxford University...
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    Conflict in Ethiopia extends the Greater Middle East’s arc of crisis
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Conflict in Ethiopia extends the Greater Middle East’s arc of crisis

    By James M. Dorsey and Alessandro Arduino Ethiopia, an African darling of the international community, is sliding towards civil war as...
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    The battle for Libya: The UAE calls the shots
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    The battle for Libya: The UAE calls the shots

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...
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    Global protests: Russia and China risk ending up on the wrong side of history
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 2, 2019
    • 5 min

    Global protests: Russia and China risk ending up on the wrong side of history

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...
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    Saudi Iranian rivalry polarises Nigerian Muslims
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jul 30, 2019
    • 5 min

    Saudi Iranian rivalry polarises Nigerian Muslims

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...
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    UAE withdraws from Yemen: Managing alliances and reputational threats
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jul 2, 2019
    • 4 min

    UAE withdraws from Yemen: Managing alliances and reputational threats

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...
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    Illiberals and autocrats unite to craft a new world media order
    James M. Dorsey
    • Apr 11, 2019
    • 9 min

    Illiberals and autocrats unite to craft a new world media order

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr Underlying...
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    Lack of global leadership spurs instability in the Middle East
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jul 27, 2018
    • 5 min

    Lack of global leadership spurs instability in the Middle East

    By James M. Dorsey With multiple Middle Eastern disputes threatening to spill out of control, United Arab Emirates minister of state for...
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    Saudi oil shipment halt: A potential watershed in the Yemen war
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jul 25, 2018
    • 4 min

    Saudi oil shipment halt: A potential watershed in the Yemen war

    By James M. Dorsey A spike in oil prices as a result of a temporary halt in shipments through the strategic Bab el Mandeb strait may be...
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    Iran’s Chabahar port is where Asian and Middle Eastern rivalries collide
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jun 26, 2018
    • 4 min

    Iran’s Chabahar port is where Asian and Middle Eastern rivalries collide

    Credit: GlobalVillageSpace By James M. Dorsey Iran’s Indian-back port of Chabahar, inaugurated months before the United States re-imposed...
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    The Saudi-Moroccan spat: Competing for the mantle of moderate Islam
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jun 19, 2018
    • 5 min

    The Saudi-Moroccan spat: Competing for the mantle of moderate Islam

    King Mohammed prays in a mosque in Zanzibar By James M. Dorsey Lurking in the background of a Saudi-Moroccan spat over World Cup hosting...
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    Sovereign wealth funds: Investment vehicles or political operators?
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 15, 2018
    • 4 min

    Sovereign wealth funds: Investment vehicles or political operators?

    Credit: Al Bawardi Critchlow By James M. Dorsey The $6.85 billion acquisition in 2006 of Peninsular & Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation...
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    Qatar scores, at least on the soccer pitch
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jul 22, 2017
    • 4 min

    Qatar scores, at least on the soccer pitch

    By James M. Dorsey Qatar won more than a symbolic victory with a decision by European soccer body UEFA to award controversial television...
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    Left with no choice: Egypt allows fans to attend international soccer matches
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jul 6, 2017
    • 5 min

    Left with no choice: Egypt allows fans to attend international soccer matches

    By James M. Dorsey Caught between a rock and a hard place, Egyptian general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has agreed to allow...
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    Stepping up the pressure: Saudi strong arms Muslim nations to take sides in Gulf crisis
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jun 12, 2017
    • 5 min

    Stepping up the pressure: Saudi strong arms Muslim nations to take sides in Gulf crisis

    By James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia, in a first move to pressure mostly Muslim states to join its campaign against Qatar, has persuaded six...
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    Creating Frankenstein: Saudi Arabia's ultra-conservative footprint in Africa
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 20, 2017
    • 16 min

    Creating Frankenstein: Saudi Arabia's ultra-conservative footprint in Africa

    Creating Frankenstein: Saudi Arabia's ultra-conservative footprint in Africa By James M. Dorsey Annotated remarks at Terrorism in Africa...
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