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Dr. James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture, and co-host of the New Books in Middle Eastern Studies podcast. James is the author of The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer blog, a book with the same title as well as Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, co-authored with Dr. Teresita Cruz-Del Rosario and Shifting Sands, Essays on Sports and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Dr. James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture, and co-host of the New Books in Middle Eastern Studies podcast. James is the author of The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer blog, a book with the same title as well as Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, co-authored with Dr. Teresita Cruz-Del Rosario and Shifting Sands, Essays on Sports and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa.

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    A Chinese-mediated Saudi-Iranian reconciliation potentially casts a spotlight on fundamentally flawed security policies of regional powers, including not only the kingdom and Iran but also the United Arab Emirates.

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    Saudi Sports Blitz Encounters Headwinds

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    Saudi Arabia's sports blitz is encountering headwinds.

    • 10 min
    Saudi Iranian Détente Potentially Sparks Paradigm Shifts

    Saudi Iranian Détente Potentially Sparks Paradigm Shifts

    Chinese mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran potentially signals paradigm shifts in Middle Eastern diplomacy and alliances.

    • 12 min
    Debates About Islamic Reform Loom Larger As Ramadan Approaches

    Debates About Islamic Reform Loom Larger As Ramadan Approaches

    Reform of Islamic jurisprudence was the elephant in the room when two prominent Saudi clerics recently clashed publicly on whether apostasy was punishable with death under Islamic law.
    The debate's timing on a Saudi state-controlled, artsy entertainment channel, Rotana Khalijiya, suggested as much.

    • 14 min
    Saudi Crown Prince Balances On Saudi - US - Israeli Tightrope

    Saudi Crown Prince Balances On Saudi - US - Israeli Tightrope

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has become adept at walking tightropes.
    Mr. Bin Salman's latest balancing act may be among his most challenging.

    • 12 min
    Iran Upgrades Perceptions Of Saudi Threat

    Iran Upgrades Perceptions Of Saudi Threat

    If there is one place Saudi Arabia was happy to be low on the totem pole, it was Iran. Those days are over. Strategic thinkers in Tehran have upgraded their perception of the threat posed by the kingdom

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