Qatar punctures FIFA’s political fantasy
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 28
- 5 min
Protest emerges as a mixed blessing for World Cup host Qatar
James M. Dorsey Protest on the soccer pitch has proven to be a mixed blessing for World Cup host Qatar, exposing double standards in the...
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 25
- 6 min
The Qatar World Cup: Soccer upsets, politics, and sensitive situations
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 12
- 41 min
FIFA Uncovered: A discussion with filmmaker Miles Coleman about his new Netflix documentary
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 26
- 8 min
The Qatar World Cup: Footballing for soft power
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 23
- 26 min
Footballing for soft power – A conversation with James Corbett
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 19
- 25 min
The 2022 World Cup: Qatar's Make-or-Break Moment
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 21
- 5 min
Saudi-Egyptian World Cup bid could make Qatar’s experience look like a cakewalk
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 8
- 17 min
Munich gives way to Soccer v. Jihad
Launched 12 years ago, my column, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, offers, to borrow a phrase from an early proprietor of The...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 30
- 5 min
Qatar World Cup offers lessons for human rights struggles
James M. Dorsey A podcast version is available on Soundcloud,Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. It’s a good time, almost 12 years...
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 1
- 4 min
Iranian soccer’s curse: Politics
James M. Dorsey Iran recently scored not one but two soccer successes. Fans celebrated after the country’s national team qualified for...
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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
- Feb 21, 2020
- 2 min
JMD on NBN: Nicholas Blincoe, More Nobel Than War
NICHOLAS BLINCOE More Noble Than War A Soccer History of Israel-Palestine BOLD TYPE BOOKS 2019 February 19, 2020 James M. Dorsey Nicholas...
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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 25, 2019
- 4 min
Sports: A battlefield for freedom of expression and political change
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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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 12, 2019
- 4 min
Death of female Iranian soccer fans puts FIFA and Asian soccer body in the dock
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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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 7, 2019
- 7 min
Soccer emerges as the Gulf crisis’s potential icebreaker
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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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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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 17, 2018
- 12 min
Gulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitch
By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. With the 2018 World Cup in...
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 17, 2018
- 6 min
Saudi sports diplomacy: A mirror image of the kingdom’s already challenged policies
By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Saudi sports diplomacy is...
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