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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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00:17:59

An outbreak anywhere is an outbreak everywhere

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/05/11

If New York governor Andrew. Cuomo learnt anything from his delayed response to the coronavirus pandemic, it was that “an outbreak anywhere is an outbreak everywhere.”

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01:08:24

Ibrahim Fraihat_NBN

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2020/05/07

IBRAHIM FRAIHATIran and Saudi ArabiaTaming a Chaotic ConflictEDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020May 5, 2020 James M. DorseyIbrahim Fraihat’s latest book, Iran and Saudi Arabia: Taming a Chaotic Conflict (Edinburgh University Press, 2020) is much more than an exploration of the history of animosity between Saudi Arabia and Iran and its debilitating impact on an already volatile Middle East. It is a detailed roadmap for management and resolution of what increasingly looks like an intractable conflict

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00:08:42

Gulf Security-Arab Gulf States Have No Good Options

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2020/05/05

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout may rewrite the security as well as the political and economic map of the Middle East. The crisis will probably color Gulf attitudes towards the region’s major external players: the United States, China, and Russia. Yet, Gulf states are likely to discover that their ability to shape the region’s map has significantly diminished.

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00:06:54

Saudi Arabia’s Problems-Not Just a Pandemic and...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/04/28

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may feel that the global pandemic and its economic fallout are the more immediate of his problems as the kingdom gradually lifts restrictions put in place to stymie the spread of the coronavirus.However, looming large on the horizon is a potential rift with the United States as a result of the kingdom’s price war with Russia that contributed to the collapse of oil markets and an existential crisis for America’s shale industry.

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00:08:41

Pandemic threatens to drive wedge into US-Gulf relations

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2020/04/27

It is early days, but first indications are that the global pandemic is entrenching long-drawn Middle Eastern geopolitical, political, ethnic, and sectarian battle lines rather than serving as a vehicle to build bridges and build confidence.

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00:07:45

Middle Eastern juxtapositions-The phone call that...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/04/25

Populated by fluent Hebrew speakers, the Israel desk of Armenia’s foreign ministry waited back in 1991 in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union for a phone call that never came.The ministry was convinced that Israel, with whom Armenia shared an experience of genocide, were natural allies.The ministry waited in vain. Israel never made the call.

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00:07:49

Dialogue of the Deaf Drives Escalating US-Iranian...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/04/21

The United States and Iran, acting on perceptions of one another that seem to be engraved in stone, are on a collision course that could have devastating consequences for Arab Gulf states and Iraq. The risk is magnified by each one’s adoption of policies and strategies that are based on faulty assessments of the other.

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00:07:27

Saudi Arabia rolls the dice with bid for Newcastle...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/04/17

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has rolled the dice with a US$ 374 million bid to acquire storied British soccer club Newcastle United.

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00:07:54

US-Saudi Oil Clash Sets Stage for Future Epic Battle

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2020/04/14

The coronavirus pandemic and the global economic meltdown forced Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and Russia to call time out in a war that was less about prices and more about market share and survival of the fittest. The agreement among producers to cut production by 10 million barrels a day amounts to a ceasefire that will likely end once economies recover and can again sustain the cost of war.

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00:08:32

OPEC production cut papers over cracks in US-Gulf...

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2020/04/10

A decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producers like Russia to temporarily end a price war and cut production amounts to a time-out rather than an end to what is likely to erupt at some point in the future as a tripartite war.

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00:09:50

Stopping COVID-19 in its Ttracks-Science Ggets the...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/04/07

Science has knocked religion and traditional healing methods out of the ring in the battle between rival approaches towards getting the coronavirus pandemic under control.

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00:09:51

Resisting Lockdowns-Bringing Ultra-conservatives into...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/04/04

The Coronavirus pandemic points a finger not only at the colossal global collapse of responsible public health policy but also the importance of balancing exclusionary religious practices and social cohesion

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00:09:03

Global Response to Coronavirus Exposes Governments’...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/04/01

There’s a message in Pakistani and Egyptian responses to the Coronavirus: neither ultra-conservative science-rejecting worldviews nor self-serving autocratic policies aimed at regime enhancement produced initial prevention and mitigation strategies that could have blunted the impact of the disease.

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00:59:10

Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment A...

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2020/03/28

AHMET T. KURUIslam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment A Global and Historical Comparison CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 March 25, 2020 James M. Dorsey Ahmet T. Kuru’s new book Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment, A Global and Historical Comparison (Cambridge University Press, 2019) is a ground-breaking history and analysis of the evolution of the state in Muslim countries. Thoroughly researched and accessibly written, Kuru’s work traces the template of the modern-day state in

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00:08:06

China manoeuvres to protect its interests while...

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2020/03/26

The question is not if, but when the long-standing American defence umbrella in the Gulf, the world’s most militarised and volatile region, will be replaced by a multilateral security arrangement that would have to include China as well as Russia.

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00:11:21

Refugees and Shantytowns in MENA and Beyond Imperil...

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2020/03/24

Syria’s announcement of its first COVID-19 case highlights the public health threat posed by war zones that produce millions of refugees and displaced persons living in sub-human and sub-standard health and hygienic conditions. The enforcement of international law governing wars and respect for human and minority rights is now critical.

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00:07:18

Playing for Higher Stakes-Saudi Arabia Gambles on Oil...

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2020/03/17

Saudi Arabia’s oil spat with Russia throws a spanner into the works of the Kingdom’s long-standing effort to hedge its bets, a strategy that has taken on added significance as the Gulf comes to grips with the likelihood that the region’s security architecture will fundamentally change.

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00:09:14

Coronavirus-The Middle East’s lessons not learnt and...

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2020/03/16

There is little indication that Middle Eastern rulers are learning the lessons of the Coronavirus’ devastating effect. Nor is there any suggestion that they are willing to see the pandemic as an opportunity to negotiate new social contracts at a time that the virus has temporarily taken the sails out of mass anti-government protests in various countries and discontent continues to simmer in others.

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00:08:23

Biden Sanders or Trump - US Policy Towards the Gulf...

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2020/03/11

The fight in this week’s Democratic primaries may have been about who confronts Donald J. Trump in November’s US presidential election, Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden. But irrespective of who wins the primaries and the election, one thing is certain: the next American leader will preside over fundamental changes in the US military commitment to the Gulf and what a new regional security architecture will look like.

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00:10:36

The Long-term Political Fallout of Coronavirus

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2020/03/08

As the coronavirus spreads, so does its likely political fallout. For authoritarians and autocrats, the fallout is likely to be a mixed bag.

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