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The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer

James M. Dorsey

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,

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00:09:08

Turkey gambles in bid to rival China as a key supply...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/12/24

A projected sharp reduction in trade between the United States and China in the next two years coupled with moves to diversify supply chains potentially position Turkey alongside Vietnam, Mexico, Taiwan and Poland as competitors in efforts to reduce dependency on the People’s Republic, according to a just published study.

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00:11:22

Turkish shadow boxing reflects growing rivalry with Iran

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/12/17

Turkey is leveraging its successful backing of Azerbaijan’s recent war against Armenia to counter Iran in the Caucasus and gradually challenge Russia in Central Asia, the heart of what Moscow considers its backyard.

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00:09:34

Saudi Arabia sends Joe Biden mixed messages

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/12/11

Saudi Arabia appears to be drawing lines in the sand as the kingdom prepares for a new era in relations with the United States once President-elect Joe Biden assumes office in January.

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00:10:10

France Belgium and Austria Move into the Frontline of...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/12/06

Punching above its weight, the United Arab Emirates is wielding a combination of religious soft power, commercial and economic sway, and hard power in its bid to counter political Islam in ways that potentially could threaten pillars of Western democracy as well as US and European strategic interests.

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00:08:09

The Muslim world’s changing dynamics-Pakistan...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/11/30

Increasing strains between Pakistan and its traditional Arab allies, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, is about more than Gulf states opportunistically targeting India’s far more lucrative market.At the heart of the tensions, that potentially complicate Pakistan’s economic recovery, is also India’s ability to enhance Gulf states’ capacity to hedge their bets amid uncertainty about the continued US commitment to regional security.

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01:11:33

Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/11/26

David Rundell brings to his book, Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads (I. B. Tauris, 2020), a granular analysis and insider’s understanding of the inner workings of the kingdom garnered as a US foreign service officer who served a total of 15 years in the country.Rundell skilfully weaves history into a multi-layered portrait of the transformation for good and bad that Saudi Arabia is experiencing under King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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00:09:12

Saudi rushes to improve its image in advance of G20...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/11/21

Saudi Arabia has taken multiple steps to polish its tarnished image in advance of this weekend’s hosting of the virtual summit of the G20 that groups the world’s foremost economies and in anticipation of an incoming Biden administration in the United States that is expected to be critical of Riyadh and potentially more conciliatory towards Iran and non-violent Islamists.

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00:08:12

Subtly China pressures Gulf states to reduce regional...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/11/18

Public debates about China’s Middle East policy are as much internal Chinese discussions as they are indications of where Beijing’s thinking is going and efforts to nudge countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to accommodate potential policy changes.

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00:09:11

UAE and Israeli settlers find common ground in Jerusalem

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/11/15

Weakened by Joe Biden’s electoral defeat of US President Donald J. Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu risks being caught between a rock and a hard place as Jordan, the Palestine Authority and the United Arab Emirates manoeuvre for control of what is to Jews the Temple Mount and to Muslims the Haram ash-Sharif, the third most holy site in Islam.

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00:07:40

Ceasefire in the Caucasus opens door to rebalancing...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/11/10

A Russian mediated-ceasefire in the Caucasus cements a Turkish-backed Azerbaijani military defeat of Armenia but raises tantalizing questions.

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00:06:55

Conflict in Ethiopia extends the Greater Middle...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/11/06

Ethiopia, an African darling of the international community, is sliding towards civil war as the coronavirus pandemic hardens ethnic fault lines. The consequences of prolonged hostilities could echo across East Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

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00:58:13

Masters of the Pearl_Morton

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/11/05

Michael Quentin MortonNov 3, 2020Masters of the PearlA History of QatarREAKTION BOOKS 2020History is not the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of young, energy-rich monarchies of the Gulf that often punch above their weight in geopolitics and geoeconomics. Yet, that is the rich, mostly unknown story of Qatar that Michael Quentin Morton tells in his book, Masters of the Pearl: A History of Qatar (Reaktion Books, 2020). It is a story that sheds light on a country that is ruled by an

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00:05:04

The Qatar World Cup-Dreaming of Bridging the Gulf Rift

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/10/31

With the 2022 World Cup in Qatar only two years away, and a resolution of the three-year-old Gulf rift nowhere in sight, government officials, soccer governance executives, and pundits are playing with the notion that the tournament could serve as an icebreaker in the dispute between Qatar and its detractors, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain.

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00:10:11

US Secretary of State Pompeo set to boost Indonesian...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/10/25

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to boost efforts by the world’s largest Muslim movement to recontextualize Islam during a forthcoming visit to Indonesia as part of a three-nation Asian tour. The tour is likely to be the secretary’s last official trip prior to next month’s US presidential election.

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00:08:20

War in the Caucasus-One more effort to shape a new...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/10/19

Fighting in the Caucasus between Azerbaijan and Armenia is about much more than deep-seated ethnic divisions and territorial disputes. It’s the latest clash designed, at least in part, to shape a new world order.

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00:54:07

Critical Reflections on Chinas BRI

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/10/17

ALAN CHONG AND QUANG MIN PHAMCritical Reflections on China’s Belt and Road InitiativePALGRAVE MACMILLAN 2020October 16, 2020 James M. DorseyPolitical scientists Alan Chong and Quang Min Pham bring with their edited volume, Critical Reflections on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020), originality as well as dimensions and perspectives to the discussion about the Belt and Road that are highly relevant but often either unrecognized or underemphasized.The book is about much more

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00:07:46

The Battle for Jerusalem-Turkey’s Erdogan stakes his...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/10/14

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t mince his words at this month’s opening of parliament. In his first assertion of a claim to a lost non-Turkic part of the Ottoman empire, Mr. Erdogan declared that Jerusalem is Turkish.

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00:09:14

Changing attitudes towards religiosity-A double-edged...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/10/10

Public opinion polling in the Arab world suggests that autocratic leaders like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his UAE counterpart, Mohammed bin Zayed, have gotten some things right.

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00:18:29

Saudi chairmanship of G20 proves to be mixed blessing

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/10/05

Saudi Arabia’s chairmanship of the Group of Twenty (G20) is proving to be a mixed blessing.

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00:10:20

Chinas Belt and Road pinpoints fundamental issues of...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/09/29

Political scientists Alan Chong and Quang Min Pham bring with their edited volume originality as well as dimensions and perspectives to the discussion about the Belt and Road that are highly relevant but often either unrecognized or underemphasized.

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