Arab plan for Syria puts US and Europe in a bind
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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 24, 2022
- 26 min
Changing paradigms: Israel’s far-right meets Christian nationalists
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 28, 2021
- 5 min
Maneuvering Jerusalem’s future: Upcoming DC visit puts wind in Jordanian monarch’s sails
(Corrected version) By James M. Dorsey US President Joe Biden may have little appetite for Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking but seems...
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James M. Dorsey
- Apr 6, 2021
- 4 min
Jordan is where domestic and regional fissures collide
By James M. Dorsey Former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein has papered over a rare public dispute in the ruling Jordanian family in a move...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 14, 2020
- 4 min
The Battle for Jerusalem: Turkey’s Erdogan stakes his claim
By James M. Dorsey Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t mince his words at this month’s opening of parliament. In his first...
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 14, 2020
- 4 min
Whither the Arab and the Muslim world?
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 16, 2020
- 4 min
Coronavirus: The Middle East’s lessons not learnt and missed opportunities
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
- Oct 28, 2019
- 5 min
Popular Protest: How effective is it?
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
- Oct 8, 2019
- 4 min
Learning lessons: Protesters stay one step ahead of rulers
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 1, 2019
- 4 min
Playing Palestinian politics: UAE-backed ex-security chief weighs his options
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 16, 2019
- 6 min
Building cohesive societies: Southeast Asian states take on gargantuan challenge
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
- Mar 2, 2019
- 6 min
Once the backbone of Middle Eastern protests, ultras are down but not out
By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr Ali Issa...
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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 27, 2018
- 4 min
Efforts to return Syria’s Assad to Arab fold amount to hollow victory for autocrats
By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Two developments, the pending...
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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 22, 2018
- 9 min
Middle Eastern Black Swans dot China’s Belt and Road
By James M. Dorsey Edited remarks at the RSIS Book Launch of China and the Middle East; Venturing into the Maelstrom (Palgrave 2018), 20...
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 12, 2018
- 5 min
Yemen war challenges Saudi moral authority
By James M. Dorsey Saudi conduct of its ill-fated war in Yemen coupled with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s alignment with the Trump...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 3, 2018
- 4 min
Saudi religious diplomacy targets Jerusalem
Credit: AladdinMiracleLamp By James M. Dorsey A United Arab Emirates-backed Saudi effort to wrest control from Jordan of Islam’s holy...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 17, 2018
- 4 min
Morocco may have lost the World Cup but could lead the way in protest
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...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 5, 2018
- 5 min
Jordanian protests: Revisiting the Arab Spring and setting a benchmark
By James M. Dorsey Protests that forced Jordan’s prime minister to resign and laid bare the country’s systemic economic and political...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 4, 2018
- 6 min
King Abdullah of Jordan: Balancing on an ever-tighter tightrope
Credit: Al Jazeera By James M. Dorsey A look at a decade of failed social, economic and political reform in Jordan goes a far way to...
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