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.
By James M. Dorsey International soccer governance is tying itself up in knots with football.......
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By James M. Dorsey Vulnerable Asian states are bracing for possible pressure to back a.......
By James M. Dorsey The Gulf crisis that pits Saudi Arabia and the UAE against.......
By James M. Dorsey A Qatari refusal to bow to the dictate of.......
By James M. Dorsey A report charging Saudi Arabia with funding extremism in Britain puts.......
By James M. Dorsey The five-week-old Gulf crisis raises questions about the fundaments of international.......
By James M. Dorsey Buried in the Gulf crisis are two significant developments likely to.......
By James M. Dorsey A Saudi-UAE-led alliance has tabled a long-expected demand that world soccer.......
By James M. Dorsey Revelations about two incidents of Gulf-related fake news shine a spotlight.......
Source: The World Bank By James M. Dorsey There are fundamental problems in.......
President Trump visits Saudi Arabia By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump. in.......
By James M. Dorsey Qatar won more than a symbolic victory with a decision by.......
By James M. Dorsey Abstract Buried in the Gulf crisis is a major development likely.......
North Korean workers in the Gulf and Asia / Source: Wikipedia By James M. Dorsey.......
By James M. Dorsey A web of formal and informal Israeli-Arab relations and common fears.......
By James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia, with the Islamic State on the ropes in Iraq,.......
Source: Wikimedia By James M. Dorsey As US President Donald J. Trump gropes with.......
By James M. Dorsey A French investigation into possible corruption in business deals related to.......
By James M. Dorsey Feuding Gulf states that have pumped millions of dollars into public.......
