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 In the shadowy world of covert proxy wars, Iran is taking.......
By James M. Dorsey A target of massive Saudi investment, the Maldives severed diplomatic relations.......
By James M. Dorsey Few paid attention to a rare protest in Saudi Arabia.......
By James M. Dorsey As Saudi Arabia reels from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s frontal.......
By James M. Dorsey Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has won the first round.......
By James M. Dorsey Kuwaiti billionaire Maan al-Sanea should have seen it coming after Saudi.......
By James M. Dorsey Long-standing Saudi efforts to dominate the pan-Arab media landscape appear.......
By James M. Dorsey November 15, 2017 The proof will be in the pudding when.......
By James M. Dorsey It’s hard to prove beyond doubt a direct causal link between.......
By James M. Dorsey Nearly six months into the Gulf crisis, Saudi Arabia and the.......
By James M. Dorsey Transition is the name of the game in the Middle East.......
By James M. Dorsey Testimony of a star witness in a New York courtroom.......
By James M. Dorsey In a rare challenging of Chinese commercial terms that underlie.......
By James M. Dorsey Leave aside for a moment questions of due process. Analysis of .......
James M. Dorsey 28 Nov, 2017 The rift between the Gulf countries and Qatar has.......
By James M. Dorsey Time will tell, but Saudi Arabia’s gamble to pressure Hezbollah,.......
By James M. Dorsey Egyptian general-turned-president Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi would likely be the first to.......
By James M. Dorsey December 4, 2017 A multi-domed, sand-coloured, architectural marvel, Doha’s biggest.......
By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump has let a genie out of.......
By James M. Dorsey A recent government surrender to militant demands for stricter adherence to.......
