Middle East Report: Iran 1-0 US
James discusses the US Iran memorandum of understanding on Radio Islam.
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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 Boo...
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Cost of war
James discusses the cost of the Iran war on TRT World.
A birthday present with a price tag
By James M. Dorsey Out of character, Iran gave US President Donald Trump an unexpected birthday present. It agreed on Mr. Trump’s 80th to th...
US and Iran reach agreement
James discusses the US-Iran agreement on BFM 89.9
Middle East Report 12062026
James discusses on Radio Islam this week’s rollercoaster in the Iran war.
Trump and Iran agree on one thing The definition of insanity
There is one thing US President Donald Trump and Iranian leaders agree on. They both religiously adhere to the principle that “insanity is d...
Casting Shadows
With an unprecedented eight teams competing, the Middle East casts its long shadow over this year’s World Cup; not always for the right reas...
Spinning out of control
James discusses the Iranian-Israeli tit-for-tat, the Lebanon war, and US-Iranian negotiations to end the Iran war on CNA938.
Reshaping the Islamic Republic
Like the eight-year-long Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s and last June’s 12-day Israel-Iran war, this year’s Iran war has reshaped the Islamic Re...
Middle East Report
James discusses this week’s Iran war developments, Gulf splits on post-war relations with Iran, and the Middle East’s shadow hanging over th...
Living by the sword
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stands accused of waging war in his personal rather than Israel’s national interest. Mr. Netanyahu...
A game of chicken
A US-Iranian tit-for-tat in the Strait of Hormuz amounts to a game of chicken that risks spinning out of control. US President Donald Trump’...
Lebanon ceasefire is about more than Hezbollah
James argues on TRT World that for Iran and the US a Lebanon ceasefire is not just about Hezbollah. It’s also about leverage in US-Iranian n...
Gulf states prepare for long-term Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz
Disregard the US, European, Iraqi, and Gulf states’ rejection of Iran’s insistence that it will control the Strait of Hormuz no matter what....
US-Iranian negotiations are a performative tug-of-war over who blinks first
US-Iranian negotiations to end the Iran war have evolved into a performative tug-of-war over who has the longer breath rather than an all-ou...
The Strait of Hormuz A battle for regional dominance
For Iran, control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz is about dominance in a post-Iran war era, in which the Gulf is looking at an adapted, i...
How close are the US and Iran to a deal
James argues on TRT that the United States and Iran are nowhere close to an agreement to end the Iran war.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis could help Saudi Arabia reduce dependency on the Strait of Hormuz
Three months into the Iran war, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have largely been absent, depriving Iran of an opportunity to increase fur...
Middle East Report: A Weekly Roundup
James discusses on Radio Islam this week’s Middle East developments.
Pakistan’s Iran war mediation ties the South Asian nation up in knots
A resumption of Iran war hostilities could jeopardise Pakistani mediation and turn the South Asian nation into a combatant as differences be...