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

Autocrats shift gears by exporting repression of freedoms

Indian pundits rally in support of Europe’s anti-migrant sentiment

Bin Salman toys with religious reform

Poking the United States in the eye appears to be a Saudi pastime

The United Arab Emirates resembles US ‘Teflon President’ Ronald Reagan.

Keeping Saudi ultra-conservatism alive and kicking: Meet Sheikh Awesome

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