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The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey

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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00:18:40

The Cost of Escalation_ What the Iran-Israel Clash...

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/06/19

In this timely commentary, award-winning journalist and scholar James M. Dorsey unpacks the deeper implications of the recent Iran-Israel escalation. From regional power dynamics to global repercussions, he offers sharp, incisive insights into what this confrontation reveals—and what might come next.

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00:12:53

Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei is doomed if he does...

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/06/18

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, is caught between a rock and a hard place. He risks being doomed if he does and doomed if he doesn’t.Despite causing significant damage and Israeli casualties with its missile barrages, Iran is incapable of winning a war against Israel.

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00:23:01

Iran Israel Conflict _ Exclusive_ Indian Students...

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/06/17

The Embassy of the United States in Tel Aviv was temporarily closed after the building sustained minor damage following an Iranian missile strike overnight, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee confirmed on Monday. Though no injuries or casualties were reported among US diplomatic staff, videos surfaced on the internet showing the consulate building impacted by the concussive force of nearby explosions Our US Embassy in Israel and Consulate will officially remain closed today as shelter in place

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00:04:11

Is Israel against a negotiated resolution to Iran’s...

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/06/16

Is Israel against a negotiated resolution to Iran’s nuclear programme_TRT 16062025 by James M. Dorsey

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00:10:42

Trump’s conundrum-Israeli attacks against Iran

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/06/15

Beyond shifting the paradigm of Middle Eastern geopolitics, Israel’s dramatic strikes against Iran are likely to shape the outcome of a battle within the Trump administration over US policy towards the region. The battle, with Israel at its core, pits Make America Great Again proponents against pro-Israel figures in the administration, with Iran constituting a major battlefield. Putting Iran on the front burner, Israel’s attacks have presented US President Donald J. Trump with his most serious

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00:07:10

Iran vows ‘harsh and decisive’ response after Israeli...

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/06/13

Iran has vowed a strong response to an Israeli airstrike on its nuclear program early Friday. James M. Dorsey, senior fellow at Singapore’s S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, explains how Tehran is expected to react following Israel’s major military offensive targeting its nuclear and military sites.

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00:12:36

Israelis favour forever war, just want hostages...

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/06/12

To say Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is a highly controversial figure in Israeli politics is, at best, an understatement.Yet, his notion of a forever war against Palestinians resonates with a significant segment of Israeli public opinion, despite differences over strategy, tactics, and the prioritisation of the war’s goals.

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00:11:03

Gambling on Trump-Is Netanyahu grasping at straws

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/06/09

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may be grasping at straws in his hope that US President Donald J. Trump will continue to back his refusal to end the Gaza war and resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.The prime minister is placing a risky bet that Mr. Trump’s recent suggestion that he is focussing on Iran nuclear negotiations, China, and Russia rather than Gaza means that the continued rise of Make America Great Again protagonists within his administration will not shift the president’s

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00:13:04

To counter Hamas, Israel backs Gazan criminals

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/06/06

Israel’s throttling of aid for Gaza is as much about weaponizing food and other essential goods as it is about eventually installing a post-war Palestinian administration empathetic to Israeli concerns.Similarly, Israel’s refusal to end the war intends to create space for an alternative to Hamas to emerge as the group’s popularity in Gaza hits rock bottom. So is Israel’s sidelining of the United Nations, despite its decades of experience in delivering aid to Gaza and extensive infrastructure in the

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00:13:11

Extremist soccer fans display Israeli society’s...

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/06/03

Critics have long argued that Israel’s 58-year-long occupation of Palestinian lands conquered in the 1967 Middle East war has brutalised Israeli society.Israel’s 20-month-old assault on Gaza and the Israeli public’s attitudes towards Gazan Palestinians serve as Exhibit A of the degree of brutalisation. So does last week’s pummelling of two Palestinian public bus drivers by militantly racist fans of soccer club Beitar Jerusalem, a far-right darling, after a Palestinian soccer player, Zaki Ahmed,

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00:58:55

President Trump's Gulf Yatla-Indian Futures 26052025

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/05/31

President Trump's Gulf Yatla-Indian Futures 26052025 by James M. Dorsey

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00:10:33

The Trump administration’s ‘brain trust’ aims to...

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/05/29

The Trump and Netanyahu administrations may diverge on immediate issues, including Iran, Gaza, and Syria, but are weighing a long-term strategy to strengthen Israel militarily while making it less dependent on the United States.

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00:13:59

Netanyahu’s latest war goal risks accelerating Israel...

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/05/26

This week, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accelerated the Jewish state’s travels towards international pariah status by declaring that the Gaza war aims to expel Gazan Palestinians from their homeland.Mr. Netanyahu added resettlement of Gaza’s 2.1 million Palestinians to his war goals after earlier adopting as official Israeli policy a plan to move Gazans out of the Strip first put forward by US President Donald J. Trump in February. Earlier, Mr. Netanyahu insisted that he would only end

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00:08:43

How much longer can FIFA ignore Gaza

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/05/22

European members of the world soccer body FIFA staged a dramatic walkout at the world governing body’s congress in Paraguay when President Gianni Infantino arrived late earlier this month.The Europeans accused Mr. Infantino of prioritising his personal political interests by attributing greater importance to meetings with US President Donald J. Trump in Qatar, the host of the 2022 World Cup, than to FIFA’s highest decision-making body. Mr. Infantino was part of Mr. Trump's extended entourage on the

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00:14:41

Qatar is at the center of a battle for hearts and minds

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/05/19

The winds didn’t just blow hot when Donald J. Trump recently touched down in Qatar on the first visit ever to the Gulf state by a sitting US president, which generated deals worth US$s1.2 trillion.They also blew cold, chilled by a long-standing, Israel-inspired campaign aimed to sully Qatar’s reputation.

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00:10:58

Is Trump’s Gulf victory lap a watershed-Gaza may be...

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/05/15

Donald J. Trump and the American economy are two beneficiaries of the president’s Gulf road show. So are the Gulf states, Syria, and Make America Great Again supporters within Mr. Trump’s administration.In less than 24 hours in the kingdom, Mr. Trump received a standing ovation from Arab leaders and hundreds of thousands poured into the streets of Syrian towns and cities to celebrate his lifting of long-standing crippling sanctions—a rare achievement for an American president. On the surface,

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00:14:11

Is Syria the Middle East’s next exploding powder keg

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/05/12

Syria could be the Middle East’s next exploding powder keg.

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00:10:20

US-Houthi truce triggers pro-Israel alarm bells

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/05/09

Alarm bells went off in Jerusalem and pro-Israel circles in Washington when US President Donald J. Trump this week announced a truce in America’s Red Sea tanker war with Yemen’s Houthi rebels that failed to take Israeli interests into account.Mr. Trump’s announcement of a deal that protects US assets and international shipping but leaves space for continued Houthi targeting of Israel suggested that the president and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu differed on multiple issues, including Yemen,

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00:10:51

Separately, Trump and Hamas let the cat out of the bag

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/05/08

US President Donald J. Trump and Hamas have separately opened a Pandora’s Box that could fuel Middle Eastern fires for years to come.Hamas did so when it unleashed Israel’s assault on Gaza with its October 7, 2023, attack on Israel that killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians. With more than 50,000 dead and tens of thousands wounded and/or maimed for life, Palestinians have paid a stark price. Israel’s assault has devastated the Strip and opened the door to Israeli reoccupation 20 years after

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00:10:37

US-European culture war puts Israel in a bind

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey ·

2025/05/05

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s embrace of the global far-right faces a difficult choice.The question for Mr. Netanyahu is whether to maintain Israel’s boycott of Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD), the country’s second-largest political party, and Austria’s Freedom Party (FPÖ) amid an escalating feud between the Trump administration and Germany over attitudes toward the far right.

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