Revival of Iran nuclear agreement likely to test Middle Eastern detente
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James M. Dorsey
- May 2, 2022
- 4 min
Ukraine joins Afghanistan and Yemen in shaping Gulf rivalries
James M. Dorsey The US withdrawal from Afghanistan was a geopolitical watershed. Its shockwaves continue to reverberate and are magnified...
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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?
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 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
- May 18, 2020
- 4 min
The potential dark side of the militarization of Gulf societies
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 24, 2020
- 6 min
Refugees and Shantytowns in MENA and Beyond Imperil Global Public Health
by James M. Dorsey | Mar 24, 2020 This article was first published on Inside Arabia A podcast version of this story is available on...
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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
- Dec 8, 2019
- 4 min
Ending the Gulf crisis: Natural gas frames future Gulf relations
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 26, 2019
- 5 min
Global Turmoil: Ethics offer a way out of the crisis
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
- Nov 23, 2019
- 5 min
Mending Gulf fences could weaken support for US sanctions against Iran
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 5, 2019
- 5 min
Gulf wealth: All that glitters is not gold
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
- Dec 30, 2018
- 2 min
JMD on NBN External Powers and the Gulf Monarchies
JONATHAN FULTON AND LI-CHEN SIM, EDS. External Powers and the Gulf Monarchies ROUTLEDGE 2018 December 28, 2018 James M. Dorsey Jonathan...
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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 28, 2018
- 5 min
Lack of global leadership spurs instability in the Middle East
By James M. Dorsey With multiple Middle Eastern disputes threatening to spill out of control, United Arab Emirates minister of state for...
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James M. Dorsey
- Apr 13, 2018
- 4 min
Turning Qatar into an Island: Saudi cuts off its nose to spite its face
By James M. Dorsey There’s a cutting-off-the-nose-to-spite-the face aspect to a Saudi plan to turn Qatar into an island by digging a...
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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 21, 2017
- 14 min
The Killing of Ali Abdullah Saleh - Is Peace in Yemen Possible?
By James M. Dorsey Based on remarks at a 19 December 2017 NUS Middle East Institute seminar The Middle East being the Middle East,...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 19, 2017
- 5 min
The Gulf Crisis Grappling for a face saving solution
By James M. Dorsey A two-week old conflict in the Gulf goes to the core of key issues in international relations that hamper the fight...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 12, 2017
- 5 min
The longer the Gulf crisis lasts, the higher the stakes get
A Qatari LNG vessel / Source: Nakhilat By James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia and the UAE appear to be contemplating engineering a military coup...
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James M. Dorsey
- May 1, 2017
- 5 min
Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad: The rise and fall of political corruption in international sports
By James M. Dorsey For Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, long seen as one of the three most powerful men in international sports,...
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