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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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00:09:43

Deteriorating Israeli-Russian relations A cautionary...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/05/03

Israel’s rapidly deteriorating relations with Russia contain a message for other Middle Eastern powers: attempting to remain on the sidelines of the conflict in Ukraine risks falling in between the cracks.

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00:07:31

Ukraine joins Afghanistan and Yemen in shaping Gulf...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/05/02

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan was a geopolitical watershed. Its shockwaves continue to reverberate and are magnified by the wars in Ukraine and Yemen.

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00:09:25

Contesting Russia requires renewed US engagement in...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/04/29

When US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III declared that Washington wanted to see Russia so “weakened" that it would no longer be able to invade a neighbouring state, he lifted the veil on US goals in Ukraine. He also held out the prospect of a long-term US-Russian contest for power and influence.

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00:07:04

A Clash of Civilisations-the Russian vs. the Nordic...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/04/26

Russia and the Nordic countries’ pavilions at this year’s Venice Biennale, the world’s most prestigious art exhibition, project two different concepts of civilisation, nationalism, and sovereignty that have come to blows in Ukraine.

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00:09:23

Saudi Arabia targets a more Republican Washington

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/04/22

Rather than push for an immediate improvement of strained relations with the United States, Saudi Arabia appears to be looking forward to a time when US President Joe Biden's wings may be clipped.

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00:07:03

Israel’s Ukraine conundrum may have implications for...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/04/19

Middle Eastern states see their ability narrow to walk a fine line in the Ukraine conflict. Israel is a case in point as tensions with Iran in Syria and Palestinians in Jerusalem flare, and both Russia and the United States signal impatience with its attempts to straddle the fence.

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00:08:12

Iran capitalises on Central Asian vacuum created by...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/04/16

Anti-Iranian protests in Afghanistan and the stabbing of three clerics in Iran threaten to cast a shadow over Iranian efforts to capitalise on the fallout in Central Asia of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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00:09:36

US-Gulf divergence: Placing risky bets

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/04/13

Russia's invasion of Ukraine spotlights seemingly widening differences between the United States and its closest Middle Eastern allies, sparking eulogies for an era of bygone American regional dominance.

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00:08:28

Applying double standards in Ukraine is a risky business

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/04/10

Russia’s suspension from the United Nations Human Rights Council was long overdue, even without the mass killing of innocent civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.A country that poisons or otherwise does away with its critics at home and abroad and stifles freedom of the press, expression, and association should not qualify for a seat on the Council.A quick look at current and past membership in the Council explains why the UN General Assembly vote to suspend Russia, like multiple aspects of the

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00:11:48

Cooperating with autocrats: When is too much, too much?

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/04/06

Two recent publications have fuelled debate about democratic cooperation with autocratic governments in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, in the wake of the Ukraine war. It is a debate that challenges US President Joe Biden’s framing of the conflict as a struggle between good and evil, democracy and autocracy.

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00:10:08

The 2022 World Cup Is Qatar Putting its Best Foot...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/04/03

This is Qatar's year to put its best foot forward.A major producer of natural gas, the tiny Gulf state is under the magnifying glass as it enters the final phase of hosting the 2022 World Cup later this year and emerges as a potential part of efforts to reduce European dependence on Russian energy.

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00:06:40

Always a major Middle Eastern power, Israel now takes...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/03/30

A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab countries, Israel and the United States: Israel is key to the security of Gulf autocracies and continued US engagement in the Middle East.

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00:58:22

NBN Interview David Warren

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/03/26

Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis (Routledge, 2021) goes to key questions of governance at the heart of developments in the Muslim world.Warren looks at the issue through the lens of two of the foremost Middle Eastern religious protagonists and their backers: Egyptian-born Qatari national Yusuf a Qaradawi, widely seen as advocating an Islamic concept of democracy, and UAE-backed Abdullah Bin Bayyah who

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00:10:46

Autocratic vs Democratic Islam = UAE vs Indonesia

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/03/22

Indonesia has emerged as a primary battleground between democratic and autocratic visions of Islam in the 21st century.

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00:10:54

In Saudi Arabia, dance maybe, dissent no

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/03/20

Three scantily dressed samba dancers wearing traditional feather headdresses laid bare the limits of social liberalisation in Saud Arabia when they earlier this year danced on the streets of Jizan, a historically conservative city on the border with Yemen.

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00:07:34

The Gulf crisis has lessons for Vladimir Putin. Not...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/03/17

Short of the war, the destruction, and the massive loss of life, Ukraine is in many ways similar to the Gulf crisis in which the UAE, together with Saudi Arabia, led a 3.5-year-long economic and diplomatic boycott of Qatar that, like the Russian invasion, was designed to hollow out the sovereignty of a neighbouring state.

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00:10:05

Ukraine may force Middle Eastern rivals to upgrade...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/03/13

Struggling to remain on the sidelines of the 21st century’s watershed war in Ukraine, Middle Eastern nations are discovering that they may be fighting their battles with an outdated toolkit.

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00:07:59

Russian societal tensions are mirrored in Putin’s...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/03/07

The Russian Orthodox Church blesses rather than fires weapons. In doing so, it has emerged as a powerful weapon in its own right in President Vladimir Putin’s civilisationalist arsenal.

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00:11:02

Saudi Arabia and Indonesia Clashing visions of...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/03/04

Two diametrically opposed visions of moderate Islam have emerged as major Muslim powers battle to define the soul of their faith in the 21st century in a struggle that is as much about geopolitics as it is about autocratic survival and visualisations of a future civilisation and world order.

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00:08:00

Ukraine-Middle Eastern states eye cost of hedging bets

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/03/02

Emiratis celebrated their failure to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations Security Council as the end of an era in which the Gulf state took its foreign policy cues from the United States. However, the Emiratis may be celebrating prematurely.

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