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    The 2022 World Cup: Is Qatar Putting its Best Foot Forward?
    James M. Dorsey
    • Apr 3
    • 5 min

    The 2022 World Cup: Is Qatar Putting its Best Foot Forward?

    By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story please click here. This is Qatar's year to put its best foot forward. A major...
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    Iranian soccer’s curse: Politics
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 1
    • 4 min

    Iranian soccer’s curse: Politics

    James M. Dorsey Iran recently scored not one but two soccer successes. Fans celebrated after the country’s national team qualified for...
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    Qatari World Cup sparks healthy controversy across multiple issues
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    Qatari World Cup sparks healthy controversy across multiple issues

    November 23, 2021 By James M. Dorsey When seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton wore a helmet this weekend featuring the...
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    Athletes knock the legs from under global sports governance
    James M. Dorsey
    • Apr 13, 2021
    • 4 min

    Athletes knock the legs from under global sports governance

    By James M. Dorsey Sports governance worldwide has had the legs knocked out from under it. Yet, national and international sports...
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    JMD on NBN: Masters of the Pearl
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    JMD on NBN: Masters of the Pearl

    Michael Quentin Morton Nov 3, 2020 / James M. Dorsey Masters of the Pearl A History of Qatar REAKTION BOOKS 2020 History is not the...
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    The Qatar World Cup: Dreaming of Bridging the Gulf Rift
    James M. Dorsey
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Qatar World Cup: Dreaming of Bridging the Gulf Rift

    By James M. Dorsey With the 2022 World Cup in Qatar only two years away, and a resolution of the three-year-old Gulf rift nowhere in...
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    Soccer emerges as the Gulf crisis’s potential icebreaker
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jun 6, 2019
    • 7 min

    Soccer emerges as the Gulf crisis’s potential icebreaker

    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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    A struggle for rule of law: Detained Bahraini footballer catapults Thailand to centre stage
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 5 min

    A struggle for rule of law: Detained Bahraini footballer catapults Thailand to centre stage

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr Mounting...
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    Gulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitch
    James M. Dorsey
    • Dec 16, 2018
    • 12 min

    Gulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitch

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. With the 2018 World Cup in...
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    Saudi sports diplomacy: A mirror image of the kingdom’s already challenged policies
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 16, 2018
    • 6 min

    Saudi sports diplomacy: A mirror image of the kingdom’s already challenged policies

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Saudi sports diplomacy is...
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    Trouble in Sport Paradise: Can Qatar Overcome the Diplomatic Crisis?
    James M. Dorsey
    • Aug 5, 2018
    • 1 min

    Trouble in Sport Paradise: Can Qatar Overcome the Diplomatic Crisis?

    By James M. Dorsey The crisis in the Gulf pitting a United Arab Emirates -Saudi -led alliance against Qatar is the least of the country’s...
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    Trade unions challenge FIFA and Qatar World Cup in Swiss Court
    James M. Dorsey
    • Dec 7, 2017
    • 4 min

    Trade unions challenge FIFA and Qatar World Cup in Swiss Court

    By James M. Dorsey Two Bangladeshi and a Dutch trade union have sued FIFA in a Swiss court in legal proceedings that challenge the world...
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    Qatar 2022 – are the hosts getting a fair hearing? (JMD quoted on Play the Game)
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 26, 2017
    • 3 min

    Qatar 2022 – are the hosts getting a fair hearing? (JMD quoted on Play the Game)

    Qatar 2022 – are the hosts getting a fair hearing? Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy,...
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    FIFA on Trial: Qatar’s World Cup back in the firing line
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 20, 2017
    • 5 min

    FIFA on Trial: Qatar’s World Cup back in the firing line

    By James M. Dorsey Testimony of a star witness in a New York courtroom has revealed new allegations of Qatari wrongdoing in its...
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    Gulf crisis: Soccer trumps politics
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 2, 2017
    • 5 min

    Gulf crisis: Soccer trumps politics

    By James M. Dorsey A target of massive Saudi investment, the Maldives severed diplomatic relations with Qatar hours after a Saudi-UAE-led...
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    Activists and Gulf crisis turn Qatar into potential model of social change
    James M. Dorsey
    • Oct 25, 2017
    • 4 min

    Activists and Gulf crisis turn Qatar into potential model of social change

    By James M. Dorsey Potential Qatari moves to become the first Gulf state to effectively abolish the region’s onerous kafala or labour...
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    The Gulf crisis: Fighting it out down and dirty
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 3, 2017
    • 5 min

    The Gulf crisis: Fighting it out down and dirty

    Source: Middle East Eye By James M. Dorsey In the three-month old Gulf crisis, nothing is too expensive or too down and dirty when it...
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    The Gulf crisis produces snail-pace social change and a dangerous arms race
    James M. Dorsey
    • Aug 12, 2017
    • 6 min

    The Gulf crisis produces snail-pace social change and a dangerous arms race

    By James M. Dorsey A two-month old crisis pitting Qatar against an alliance led by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia is proving...
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    Gulf media wars produce losers, no winners (Corrected version)
    James M. Dorsey
    • Aug 5, 2017
    • 5 min

    Gulf media wars produce losers, no winners (Corrected version)

    Source: YouGov By James M. Dorsey This report has been corrected to say that the ArabNews/YouGov poll report is currently embedded in a...
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    The Gulf crisis: Fake news shines spotlight on psychological warfare
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jul 16, 2017
    • 6 min

    The Gulf crisis: Fake news shines spotlight on psychological warfare

    By James M. Dorsey Revelations about two incidents of Gulf-related fake news shine a spotlight on a long-standing psychological war...
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