The Qatar World Cup: Soccer upsets, politics, and sensitive situations
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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 26, 2021
- 6 min
UAE-Israel relations risk being built on questionable assumptions
By James M. Dorsey A year of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has proven to be mutually beneficial. The...
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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 21, 2020
- 4 min
Israeli contrasts: Likud’s favoured soccer teams veers left as Bibi turns further right
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
- 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
- May 11, 2020
- 8 min
“An outbreak anywhere is an outbreak everywhere”
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
- Apr 7, 2020
- 4 min
Stopping COVID-19 in its tracks: Science gets the upper hand
by James M. Dorsey | Apr 7, 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
- Dec 23, 2019
- 4 min
Israeli soccer club’s anti-racism echoes Israel’s political divide
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 3, 2018
- 5 min
The long shadow of the Gulf crisis: Qatar emerges as key player in Gaza crisis
By James M. Dorsey Dug in for the long haul in its increasingly bitter dispute with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, Qatar is...
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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
- 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 12, 2018
- 11 min
Whither the Kurds?
This story was originally published in Europa Ethnica, Vol. ½, 2018 By James M. Dorsey Palestinians have long been known for a history of...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 6, 2018
- 5 min
Israel scores painful own goal in run-up to the World Cup
By James M. Dorsey Argentina’s cancellation of a friendly against Israel because of Israeli attempts to exploit the match politically is...
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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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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 1, 2018
- 4 min
Politicizing Education: Israel and Myanmar set worrisome precedent
By James M. Dorsey Israel and Myanmar, two countries with troubled human rights records and disputed histories of dealing with ethnic and...
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James M. Dorsey
- May 27, 2018
- 5 min
Middle Eastern culture wars: The battle of the palates
Credit: The Kitchen Sisters By James M. Dorsey Nothing in a swath of land stretching from the Atlantic coast of Africa to China is...
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James M. Dorsey
- Mar 25, 2018
- 4 min
Make Wine Not War: Wineism’s recipe for a sustainable political future
Source: CNN By James M. Dorsey When Miguel Torres, scion of an iconic Spanish winemaking dynasty, described the impact of the Catalan...
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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
- Dec 16, 2017
- 5 min
Trading Jerusalem for Iran
By James M. Dorsey US president Donald J. Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem potentially sets the stage for a controversial American effort...
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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 12, 2017
- 5 min
Arab anger: Governments and protesters walk a fine line
Credit: The Black Iris By James M. Dorsey A little noticed subtext to furious protests across the Middle East and North Africa against US...
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