James M. DorseyMay 65 minHamas eyes Malaysia as a possible operations baseJames M. Dorsey A podcast version is available on Soundcloud,Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. Malaysia has emerged as a potential...
James M. DorseyMay 35 minDeteriorating Israeli-Russian relations: A cautionary message for the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and TurkeyJames M. Dorsey Israel’s rapidly deteriorating relations with Russia contain a message for other Middle Eastern powers: attempting to...
James M. DorseyApr 193 minIsrael’s Ukraine conundrum may have implications for Gulf statesJames M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story please click here. Middle Eastern states see their ability narrow to walk a fine...
James M. DorseyApr 104 minApplying double standards in Ukraine is a risky businessBy James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story please click here. Russia’s suspension from the United Nations Human Rights...
James M. DorseyMar 304 minAlways a major Middle Eastern power, Israel now takes centre stageBy James M. Dorsey A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab...
James M. DorseyMar 174 minThe Gulf crisis has lessons for Vladimir Putin. Not all may work in his favourBy James M. Dorsey The Ukraine crisis may constitute a more impactful, historic watershed than the 1989 fall of the Berlin wall in the...
James M. DorseyMar 135 minUkraine may force Middle Eastern rivals to upgrade their toolkitBy James M. Dorsey Struggling to remain on the sidelines of the 21st century’s watershed war in Ukraine, Middle Eastern nations are...
James M. DorseyFeb 244 minMiddle Eastern states walk a tightrope that Ukraine spins ever tighterBy James M. Dorsey Israel and Gulf states struggle not to fall off the tightrope they walk as a Russian attack on Ukraine makes hedging...
James M. DorseyFeb 224 minRussia breathes down Middle Eastern necks over UkraineBy James M. Dorsey Europe is likely to shoulder the brunt of the fallout of a rapidly escalating crisis over Ukraine. Middle Eastern...
James M. DorseyFeb 194 minFood in Israel divides and unites as much as it shapes identityBy James M. Dorsey Food, far more than diplomatic relations with Arab states, could be turning Israel into a state rooted rather than...
James M. DorseyFeb 154 minUkrainian ripples: Turkey and Israel eye extended cooperation in Central AsiaBy James M. Dorsey A recent dinner in Washington suggests that a seemingly forthcoming visit to Turkey by Israeli President Isaac Herzog...
James M. DorseyFeb 65 minIsrael expands its Iran strategy amid potential social unrest in the Islamic republicBy James M. Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has laid out an expanded Israeli strategy to confront Iran that appears to move...
James M. DorseyJan 2718 minThe Middle East Rush to Bury Hatchets: Is it sustainable?By James M. Dorsey How sustainable is Middle Eastern détente? That is the $64,000 question. The answer is probably not. It’s not for lack...
James M. DorseyNov 29, 20215 minSaudi religious moderation is as much pr as it is theologyNovember 30, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Mohammed Ali al-Husseini, one of Saudi Arabia’s newest naturalized citizens, ticks all the boxes...
James M. DorseyNov 1, 20215 minSudan and the UAE: Pulling Sudanese stringsNovember 02, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Sudan is the exception to the rule in the United Arab Emirates’ counterrevolutionary playbook. In...
James M. DorseyOct 23, 20216 minTurkey and Iran find soft power more difficult than hard powerOctober 24, 2021 By James M. Dorsey The times they are a changin’. Iranian leaders may not be Bob Dylan fans, but his words are likely to...
James M. DorseyOct 13, 20216 minUS military presence in the Middle East: The less the betterBy James M. Dorsey It may not have been planned or coordinated but efforts by Middle Eastern states to dial down tensions serve as an...
James M. DorseyOct 10, 20214 minGulf security: It’s not all bad newsBy James M. Dorsey Gulf states are in a pickle. They fear that the emerging parameters of a reconfigured US commitment to security in the...
James M. DorseyOct 3, 20214 minConcern about Iran prompts Israel to weigh acknowledgement of its own nuclear weaponsBy James M. Dorsey On their way from Tel Aviv airport to Jerusalem in 1977 then Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Yigael Yadin asked...
James M. DorseySep 28, 20214 minUAE nation branding encounters early headwindsBy James M. Dorsey For at least the last two decades, the United Arab Emirates, aided by some of the world’s foremost consulting and...