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    Ignoring the Middle East at one’s peril: Turkey plays games in NATO
    James M. Dorsey
    • 6 days ago
    • 4 min

    Ignoring the Middle East at one’s peril: Turkey plays games in NATO

    James M. Dorsey A podcast version is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. Amid speculation about a reduced...
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    Deteriorating Israeli-Russian relations: A cautionary message for the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey
    James M. Dorsey
    • May 3
    • 5 min

    Deteriorating Israeli-Russian relations: A cautionary message for the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey

    James M. Dorsey Israel’s rapidly deteriorating relations with Russia contain a message for other Middle Eastern powers: attempting to...
    147 views0 comments
    Israel’s Ukraine conundrum may have implications for Gulf states
    James M. Dorsey
    • Apr 19
    • 3 min

    Israel’s Ukraine conundrum may have implications for Gulf states

    James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story please click here. Middle Eastern states see their ability narrow to walk a fine...
    371 views0 comments
    US-Gulf divergence: Placing risky bets
    James M. Dorsey
    • Apr 14
    • 5 min

    US-Gulf divergence: Placing risky bets

    By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story please click here. Russia's invasion of Ukraine spotlights seemingly widening...
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    Always a major Middle Eastern power, Israel now takes centre stage
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 30
    • 4 min

    Always a major Middle Eastern power, Israel now takes centre stage

    By James M. Dorsey A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab...
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    The Gulf crisis has lessons for Vladimir Putin. Not all may work in his favour
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 17
    • 4 min

    The Gulf crisis has lessons for Vladimir Putin. Not all may work in his favour

    By James M. Dorsey The Ukraine crisis may constitute a more impactful, historic watershed than the 1989 fall of the Berlin wall in the...
    101 views0 comments
    Ukraine may force Middle Eastern rivals to upgrade their toolkit
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 13
    • 5 min

    Ukraine may force Middle Eastern rivals to upgrade their toolkit

    By James M. Dorsey Struggling to remain on the sidelines of the 21st century’s watershed war in Ukraine, Middle Eastern nations are...
    64 views0 comments
    Ukraine: Lessons not being learned
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 28
    • 5 min

    Ukraine: Lessons not being learned

    James M. Dorsey Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the international condemnation it generated contains key...
    222 views0 comments
    Middle Eastern states walk a tightrope that Ukraine spins ever tighter
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 24
    • 4 min

    Middle Eastern states walk a tightrope that Ukraine spins ever tighter

    By James M. Dorsey Israel and Gulf states struggle not to fall off the tightrope they walk as a Russian attack on Ukraine makes hedging...
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    Ukrainian ripples: Turkey and Israel eye extended cooperation in Central Asia
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 15
    • 4 min

    Ukrainian ripples: Turkey and Israel eye extended cooperation in Central Asia

    By James M. Dorsey A recent dinner in Washington suggests that a seemingly forthcoming visit to Turkey by Israeli President Isaac Herzog...
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    NBN Author Interview: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Saudi Struggle for Iraq
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 9
    • 2 min

    NBN Author Interview: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Saudi Struggle for Iraq

    James M. Dorsey Katherine Harvey, A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Saudi Struggle for Iraq, Oxford University Press 2022 Iraq has in the...
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    Holocaust Museum in Indonesia highlights stakes in a battle for the soul of Islam
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 4
    • 4 min

    Holocaust Museum in Indonesia highlights stakes in a battle for the soul of Islam

    James M. Dorsey Controversy over the opening of Southeast Asia’s first Holocaust museum highlights differences in the Muslim world over...
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    NBN Book Author Interview: Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder by Jason Pack
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 30
    • 1 min

    NBN Book Author Interview: Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder by Jason Pack

    James M. Dorsey Libya stands out as an example of a complex, internecine Middle Eastern and North African conflict in which regional and...
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    The Middle East Rush to Bury Hatchets: Is it sustainable?
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 27
    • 18 min

    The 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...
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    Ukraine crisis could produce an unexpected winner: Iran
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 25
    • 4 min

    Ukraine crisis could produce an unexpected winner: Iran

    By James M. Dorsey Iran potentially could emerge as an unintended winner in the escalating crisis over Ukraine. That is, if Russian...
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    Kazakhstan has lessons for the Gulf
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 13
    • 4 min

    Kazakhstan has lessons for the Gulf

    James M. Dorsey Russia's intervention in Kazakhstan contains a cautionary message for Gulf foreign ministers visiting Beijing this week....
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    Saudi diplomacy needs flesh on its skeleton of sports and religion
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 11
    • 5 min

    Saudi diplomacy needs flesh on its skeleton of sports and religion

    James M. Dorsey Like Qatar, after winning the right to host this year's World Cup, Saudi Arabia is discovering the pitfalls of seeking...
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    A new world: The Middle East tries cooperation alongside competition
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 4 min

    A new world: The Middle East tries cooperation alongside competition

    November 20, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Just in case there were any doubts, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu demonstrated with his...
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    Pulling back from the brink: Religious and ethnic intolerance threatens to spin out of control
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 13, 2021
    • 5 min

    Pulling back from the brink: Religious and ethnic intolerance threatens to spin out of control

    November 14, 2021 By James M Dorsey The family of nations is balancing on the edge of an abyss as mushrooming religious and ethnic...
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    Sudan and the UAE: Pulling Sudanese strings
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 1, 2021
    • 5 min

    Sudan and the UAE: Pulling Sudanese strings

    November 02, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Sudan is the exception to the rule in the United Arab Emirates’ counterrevolutionary playbook. In...
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