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Munich gives way to Soccer v. Jihad

Launched 12 years ago, my column, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, offers, to borrow a phrase from an early proprietor of The...

Iran’s Chabahar port is where Asian and Middle Eastern rivalries collide

Credit: GlobalVillageSpace By James M. Dorsey Iran’s Indian-back port of Chabahar, inaugurated months before the United States re-imposed...

Sovereign wealth funds: Investment vehicles or political operators?

Credit: Al Bawardi Critchlow By James M. Dorsey The $6.85 billion acquisition in 2006 of Peninsular & Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation...

A game of chess: Gulf crisis expands into the Horn of Africa

By James M. Dorsey The six-month-old Gulf crisis has expanded to the Horn Africa, potentially fuelling simmering regional conflicts....

Creating Frankenstein: Saudi Arabia's ultra-conservative footprint in Africa

Creating Frankenstein: Saudi Arabia's ultra-conservative footprint in Africa By James M. Dorsey Annotated remarks at Terrorism in Africa...

Soccer pitches: An emerging battleground for control of Iraq

ISIS militant plays soccer with Syrian children By James M. Dorsey Iraqi soccer pitches have emerged as an alternative battleground in...

Targeting fans: Jihadists get World Cup fever

Source: The Long War Journal By James M. Dorsey It’s not just soccer fans whose football fever soars during a World Cup. So does that of...

Drone strikes take out key members of Somali terror group (JMD on Russia Today)

By Crystal Park WASHINGTON (VOR) – Two members of the terrorist group al-Shabab have been killed by a U.S. military strike in Somalia....

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