By James M. Dorsey An earlier version of this article appeared in Orient. If the 2010s were a decade of defiance and dissent, the 2020s...

By James M. Dorsey Rare polling of public opinion in Saudi Arabia suggests that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may be more sensitive to...

By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...

By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...

Asian Angle by James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia banking on Muslim and Arab summits to strengthen its hand. Don’t believe the hype A podcast...

By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts...

By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this article is available at https://soundcloud.com/user-153425019/attack-in-iran-raises-spectre-...

By James M. Dorsey Mounting anger and discontent is simmering across the Arab world much like it did in the walk-up to the 2011 popular...

By James M. Dorsey Protests that forced Jordan’s prime minister to resign and laid bare the country’s systemic economic and political...

Credit: The Kitchen Sisters By James M. Dorsey Nothing in a swath of land stretching from the Atlantic coast of Africa to China is...