Qatar punctures FIFA’s political fantasy
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- Sep 24
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Public opinion surveys challenge the image Arab leaders like to project
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- Aug 13
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Unintended Consequences: A heyday for the geopolitics of Eurasian transport
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 25
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Saudi religious soft power diplomacy eyes Washington and Jerusalem first and foremost
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 17
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China and the Middle East: Heading into Choppy Waters
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 12
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Recognising Israel: Any Asian volunteers?
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James M. Dorsey
- Mar 31
- 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...
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 4
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Holocaust Museum in Indonesia highlights stakes in a battle for the soul of Islam
James M. Dorsey Controversy over the opening of Southeast Asia’s first Holocaust museum highlights differences in the Muslim world over...
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James M. Dorsey
- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
Athletes knock the legs from under global sports governance
By James M. Dorsey Sports governance worldwide has had the legs knocked out from under it. Yet, national and international sports...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 31, 2020
- 3 min
The Qatar World Cup: Dreaming of Bridging the Gulf Rift
By James M. Dorsey With the 2022 World Cup in Qatar only two years away, and a resolution of the three-year-old Gulf rift nowhere in...
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 23, 2020
- 4 min
Ignore at your peril: Palestine ranks high in Arab public opinion
By James M. Dorsey Rare polling of public opinion in Saudi Arabia suggests that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may be more sensitive to...
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 14, 2020
- 4 min
Whither the Arab and the Muslim world?
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 3, 2020
- 5 min
Gulf Sands Shift as Anchors of Regional Security Loosen
by James M. Dorsey | Jun 2, 2020 This story was first published in Inside Arabia A podcast version of this story is available on...
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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 8, 2019
- 4 min
Ending the Gulf crisis: Natural gas frames future Gulf relations
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 23, 2019
- 5 min
Mending Gulf fences could weaken support for US sanctions against Iran
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 13, 2019
- 4 min
Gulf soccer suggests that “The Times They Are a-Changin”
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 23, 2019
- 5 min
Diverging Gulf responses to Kashmir and Xinjiang ripple across Asia
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 5, 2019
- 5 min
Defying authority: Arab, Russia and Pakistan protesters learn lessons of 2011
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James M. Dorsey
- Mar 23, 2019
- 4 min
The fallacy of soccer’s magical bridge-building qualities
By James M. Dorsey Edited remarks at Brookings seminar in Doha: Lessons from the 2019 Asian Cup: Sports, Globalization, and Politics in...
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 2, 2019
- 5 min
A struggle for rule of law: Detained Bahraini footballer catapults Thailand to centre stage
By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr Mounting...
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