Tag: James M. Dorsey
Managing minefields: Saudi/UAE aid puts Pakistan-Iran relations on the spot
James M Dorsey | Pakistan is traversing minefields as it concludes agreements on investment, balance of payments support and delayed payment oil deliveries with Saudi...
The rise of Eurasia: Geopolitical advantages and historic pitfalls
James M Dorsey | Asian players are proving to be conceptually and bureaucratically better positioned in the 21st century’s Great Game that involves tectonic geopolitical...
Gulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitch
James M Dorsey | With the 2018 World Cup in Russia behind it, the soccer world’s focus shifts to the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Politics...
The Khashoggi crisis: (Re)Shaping US politics and relations with Saudi Arabia
James M Dorsey | The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have gotten more than they bargained for. The killing has sparked multiple battles...
New World Order: National Interest supersedes all ethnic & religious identity?...
James M Dorsey | A global rise of nationalist and populist tendencies has not only given anti-migrant, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic and racist tendencies a new lease...
Saudi Arabia and Iran: When it comes to exiles, the pot...
James M Dorsey | If Saudi Arabia is under pressure to give chapter and verse on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in its consulate...
Will Conflict with Iran help bail MBS out of his troubles?...
James M Dorsey | Embattled Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman could prove to be not only a cat with nine lives but also one...
Kazakh court case tests Chinese power-James M Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | A Kazakh court is set to put to the test China’s ability to impose its will and strong-arm Muslim nations into remaining silent...
Remodelling the Belt and Road: Pakistan picks up the torch
James M Dorsey | A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Pakistan, following in the footsteps of Malaysia...
Pakistani poker: Playing Saudi Arabia against China – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | Desperate for funding to fend off a financial crisis fueled in part by mounting debt to China, Pakistan is playing a...
Religious harmony in a time of fear-James M Dorsey
James M Dorsey | This is a tough time for men and women of the cloth, at least those whose message is one of peace,...
The state of journalists in today’s Middle East-James M Dorsey
James M Dorsey | Saudi Arabia and Turkey, despite being on opposite sides of Middle Eastern divides, are cooperating in Syria to enable youth and...
Global watchdog takes Saudi Arabia to task for lax anti-terrorism finance...
James M Dorsey | A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report criticizing Saudi Arabia’s anti-money laundering and terrorism finance measures puts the kingdom on the...
Playing politics with religion: Imran Khan puts himself between a rock...
James M. Dorsey | Less than a week in office, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has made blasphemy one of his first issues, empowering militants...
Pakistan at a crossroads as Imran Khan is sworn in -James...
James M. Dorsey | Criticism of Pakistan’s anti-money laundering and terrorism finance regime by the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) is likely to...
The Uyghur militant threat: China cracks down and mulls policy changes
James M. Dorsey | China, responding to United Nations criticism, academic and media reports, and an embarrassing court case in Kazakhstan, has come closer to...
Yemen war challenges Saudi moral authority
James M. Dorsey | Saudi conduct of its ill-fated war in Yemen coupled with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s alignment with the Trump administration and...
Saudi Arabia and Iran woo incoming Pakistani prime minister
James M Dorsey | An offer by a Saudi-backed bank to lend financially strapped Pakistan US$4 billion is likely intended to bolster Saudi influence when former international...
Multiple diplomatic spats raise questions about Saudi concept of sovereignty
James M. Dorsey | The failure of western allies to rally around Canada in its dispute with Saudi Arabia risks luring the kingdom into a...
Can the US make Iran sanctions stick?
James M Dorsey | Recent Iranian trade figures suggest that the United Arab Emirates, a strong backer of US efforts to squeeze Iran economically, could emerge...
Big power competition in the Eastern Mediterranean: Is Trump missing the...
James M. Dorsey | A Trump administration decision to sanction two key Turkish officials in retaliation for the continued detention of an American cleric coupled...
Talking to Rouhani: Is Trump shooting from the hip or following...
James M Dorsey | Message to Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Tel Aviv: Not to worry, US President Donald J. Trump has no intention of meeting...
Despite concerns, China sees a potential ally in Pakistan’s Imran Khan
James M Dorsey | Pakistani prime minister-in waiting Imran Khan’s ability to chart his own course as well as his relationship with the country’s powerful military...
Securing Xinjiang: China adds security component to belt and road initiative
James M Dorsey | China appears to be shifting gears in its multi-billion dollar Belt and Road initiative. Long projected as driven by economics and...
Saudi-UK media tie-up: Targeting the non-Arabic speaking Middle East
James M Dorsey | Long satisfied to attempt to dominate pan-Arab media and battle it out with Qatar’s state-owned Al Jazeera television network, Saudi Arabia...
Russian Hackers: The shadowy world of US and Gulf hacks just...
James M Dorsey | The covert Qatar-United Arab Emirates cyberwar that helped spark the 13-month-old Gulf crisis that pits a Saudi-United Arab Emirates-led alliance against...
Malaysian-Saudi relations: A lesson in the pitfalls of authoritarianism and autocracy
James M Dorsey | Embattled former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was the main loser in last month’s election upset that returned Mahathir Mohamad to...
Saudi effort to isolate Iran internationally produces results
James M. Dorsey | Saudi efforts to isolate Iran internationally are producing results in North Africa and Central Asia. Authorities and religious leaders in Tajikistan...
Jordanian protests: Revisiting the Arab Spring and setting a benchmark
James M Dorsey | Protests that forced Jordan’s prime minister to resign and laid bare the country’s systemic economic and political crisis shed a new...
2018 World Cup potentially set to become latest Middle Eastern battlefield
James M Dorsey | A possible Saudi-Iranian clash on the soccer pitch promises to be a highlight of this month’s World Cup in Russia. It...
Mahathir’s policies could reshape Malaysia’s relations with Gulf States
James M Dorsey | Newly elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Mahathir is adopting policies that could reshape the Southeast nation’s relations with powerful Gulf States....
The battle for the Iranian nuclear deal: China approaches a watershed
James M. Dorsey | Conventional wisdom has it that China stands to benefit from the US withdrawal from the 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran,...
Middle Eastern rivalry spills onto Asian soccer pitches
James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia’s bitter rivalry with Iran has spilled onto Asian soccer pitches with the newly created South West Asian Football Federation (SWAFF)reflecting the...
Shifting energy import patterns enhance China’s clout in the Middle East
James M. Dorsey | Subtle shifts in Chinese energy imports suggest that China may be able to exert influence in the Middle East in alternative...
Remembering Syria: Iran struggles with potentially explosive environmental crisis
James M Dorsey | Iranian leaders are struggling, three months after anti-government protests swept the Islamic republic, to ensure that environmental issues that helped sparked...
Mohammed bin Salman dazzles international media by lifting restrictions on women
James M Dorsey | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has dazzled international media and public opinion by lifting some restrictions on women’s rights, holding...
