James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, a syndicated columnist and the author of the blog, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer. A veteran, award-winning foreign correspondent whose career focused on ethnic and religious conflict, James focuses at RSIS on political and social change in the Middle East and North Africa, the impact of change in the Middle East and North Africa on Southeast and Central Asia and the nexus of sports, politics and society in the Middle East and North Africa and Asia.

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James M. Dorsey

The politics of Saudi and Iranian sports

Middle Eastern history repeats itself or maybe it doesn’t?

Emotions fuel Gaza war and bury hopes for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

US Gaza war cost-benefit analysis may reach tipping point

Arab and Muslim leaders put limited influence and differences on display

Israeli and Palestinian obstinance, not settlements, obstructs two-state solution

Gaza’s Day After may alleviate suffering but promises to be no panacea

The Gaza war’s fog complicates separating the wheat from the chaff

The UAE walks an ever-tightening geopolitical tightrope

Hamas maneuvering complicates efforts to secure new prisoner swaps

Catching flack: Qatar’s Gaza mediation is a balancing act

Israel and Hamas grapple with Egyptian Gaza roadmap

Gaza war calls Middle East de-escalation into question

History repeats itself with the assassination of a Hamas official

Israeli shift in military tactics threatens to be a double-edged sword.

Escalating Red Sea tensions and citizen boycotts trap US in Catch-22

A casualty of war

Hardliners ride high in the Middle East

Looking for fig leaves: Israel and Hamas negotiate terms of a ceasefire.

UNRWA pronounced guilty until proven innocent. Palestinians pay the price.