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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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00:08:21

Opposing Hindutava-US conference raises troubling...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/09/16

Controversy over a recent ‘Dismantling Global Hindutava’ conference that targeted a politically charged expression of Hindu nationalism raises questions that go far beyond the anti-Muslim discriminatory policies of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and ruling party.

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00:12:50

Initial Taliban moves fail to convince Afghanistan’s...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/09/14

The Taliban’s record in recent weeks on making good on promises to respect human and women’s rights as well as uphold freedom of the press is mixed at best. Afghanistan’s neighbours and near-neighbours are not holding their breath even if some are willing to give the Central Asian country’s new rulers the benefit of the doubt. A litmus test of Taliban willingness to compromise may come sooner than later.

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00:08:32

To include or not include? China-led SCO weighs...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/09/12

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan may help Iran reduce its international isolation. At least, that’s what the Islamic Republic hopes when leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) gather in Tajikistan next weekend.

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00:10:45

Bin Laden’s legacy probably surpasses his wildest dreams

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/09/09

At the very outset of the 21st century, Osama bin Laden wittingly or unwittingly positioned himself with the 9/11 attacks as one of its most important figures.

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00:10:46

Taliban perpetuate Muslim world's failed governance...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/09/07

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan perpetuates a paradigm of failed governance in the Muslim world based on a centuries-old alliance between Islamic scholars and the state that, according to scholar Ahmet T Kuru, explains underdevelopment in many Muslim-majority states and authoritarianism in most.

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00:11:09

Meet Zayed Fadi-Turkish TV’s bellwether for relations...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/09/05

Turkish state-run television appears to have not gotten the message: Turkey and the United Arab Emirates are burying the hatchet – one of several Turkish efforts to reduce tensions in the Middle East and prevent them from spinning out of control.TRT 1 is set to broadcast a new and second season of Teskilat (The Organization), a series allegedly endorsed by Turkey’s intelligence agency, that portrays it as fighting a covert war against a thinly disguised Arab adversary, the United Arab Emirates.

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00:12:17

Afghanistan has lessons for the Gulf

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/09/02

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan will likely clarify what the Gulf’s security options are.

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00:13:53

AfPak takes on a new meaning with the rise of the...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/08/31

Recent attacks on Kabul’s international airport by the Islamic State’s Afghan affiliate raise multiple questions as well as the spectre of paradigm shifts in the drivers and expanding geography of political violence.

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00:12:31

Taliban victory threatens to be a double-edged sword ...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/08/28

Pakistani efforts to exploit the Taliban victory in Afghanistan threaten to reinforce ultra-conservative inclinations in Pakistan itself, the world’s second-most populous Muslim majority country, long accused of supporting militant religious groups.

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00:08:45

Hedging Saudi bet-Iran looms Israel beckons and...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/08/26

Prince Khalid bin Salman may not have planned it that way but the timing of his visit to Moscow last week and message to Washington resounded loud and clear.. The Saudi deputy defence minister was signalling by not postponing the visit that he was trying to hedge the kingdom’s bets by signing a defence cooperation agreement with Russia as the United States fumbled to evacuate thousands from Afghanistan after Kabul was captured by the Taliban.

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00:08:10

Putting the Taliban and Mustafa Kemal on par

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2021/08/23

Dogu Perincek is celebrating the perceived defeat of US forces in Afghanistan. The staunchly anti-American Turkish politician doesn’t fare well in elections and has no official position in government but his sway on official thinking should not be underestimated.His response to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan suggests that it is not just Islamists and jihadists who are having a field day with the American setback. So are civilisationalists who think in terms of a civilizational rather than a

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00:09:10

Afghanistan debacle potentially puts UAE on the spot

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/08/22

Afghanistan is showing the United Arab Emirates the downside of being a haven for deposed leaders and exiled politicians whose wealth is reportedly parked without question in Emirati financial institutions.

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00:08:14

Taliban and Al Qaeda: Putting a fox in charge of the...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/08/19

Abu Omar Khorasani was taken from Kabul’s Pul-i-Charkhi prison and unceremoniously shot. The first and only person to have been executed since the Taliban gained full control of Afghanistan, Mr. Khorasani was the head of the Islamic State in South Asia until he was arrested by government forces last year.The precise circumstances of his execution are not known. His killing was, however, at least in part designed to send a message to the international community, and particularly Afghanistan’s

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00:09:50

Defining change: Who are the Taliban that conquered...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/08/17

Having taken control, the Taliban want the world to believe that they have become more pragmatic and inclusive in the twenty years since they brutally ruled Afghanistan. Whether true or not, will be determined by the group’s attitudes towards jihadists and other militants, ethnic and religious minorities, women, and governance.

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00:07:21

What starts in Afghanistan does not stay in...

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2021/08/15

Taliban advances in Afghanistan shift the Central Asian playing field on which China, India and the United States compete with rival infrastructure-driven approaches. At first glance, a Taliban takeover of Kabul would give China a 2:0 advantage against the US and India, but that could prove to be a shaky head start.

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00:11:44

Israel tries to bridge gap with Diaspora amid fears...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/08/13

Israel’s first post-Netanyahu government is seeking to rebuild fractured relations with the Jewish Diaspora and rebrand the country as a liberal rather than an illiberal democracy against the backdrop of uncertainty about future US policy towards the Middle East and continued unconditional backing of the Jewish state.

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00:08:16

Saudi social and economic change proves to be a...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/08/08

The World Bank issued a stark warning in its 2018 outlook for the Saudi economy. “The Kingdom likely faces a looming poverty problem,” the bank said.

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00:08:26

Afghanistan may be a bellwether for Saudi-Iranian...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/08/03

Boasting an almost 1,000-kilometer border with Iran and a history of troubled relations between the Iranians and Sunni Muslim militants, including the Taliban, Afghanistan could become a bellwether for the future of the rivalry between the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia.

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00:07:25

Hardened US and Iranian positions question efficacy...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/07/30

The United States and Iran seem to be hardening their positions in advance of a resumption of negotiations to revive a 2015 international nuclear agreement once Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi takes office in early August.

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00:16:47

Middle Eastern interventionism galore-Neither US nor...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/07/27

A recent analysis of Middle Eastern states’ interventionist policies suggests that misguided big power approaches have fueled a vicious cycle of interference and instability over the last decade.

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