By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story please click here. Russia’s suspension from the United Nations Human Rights...

By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story please click here. Two recent publications have fuelled debate about democratic...

James M. Dorsey Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the international condemnation it generated contains key...

November 25, 2021 By James M. Dorsey It has been a good week for United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. Headline-grabbing,...

November 23, 2021 By James M. Dorsey When seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton wore a helmet this weekend featuring the...

By James M. Dorsey For at least the last two decades, the United Arab Emirates, aided by some of the world’s foremost consulting and...

By James M. Dorsey Saudi and Emirati efforts to define ‘moderate’ Islam as socially more liberal while being subservient to an autocratic...

By James M. Dorsey Sports governance worldwide has had the legs knocked out from under it. Yet, national and international sports...

By James M. Dorsey Two initiatives send the clearest signal, yet, that China may be gearing up to play a greater political role in the...

By James M. Dorsey Saudi Sheikh Salman al-Awdah, a popular but controversial religious scholar who has been mostly in solitary...

By James M. Dorsey A prominent Muslim scholar has warned that the West’s failure to include the incarceration in Saudi Arabia and...

By James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia has taken multiple steps to polish its tarnished image in advance of this weekend’s hosting of the...

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,...