Trump orders new strikes on Iran. Are we back to square one
The fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran appears to be hanging by a thread. After fresh fighting erupted and Iranian attacks targeted c...
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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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Yemen’s drums of war
The drums of war are beating again in Yemen. A series of recent incidents suggests that both Iran and Saudi Arabia are more assertively supp...
Iran weakened militarily but strengthened politically
James discusses on CNBC prospects for the US-Iran negotiations and US President Donald Trump’s interview with the network.
Lebanon casts a shadow over US-Iran talks
Lebanon looms large as a grey swan that could run roughshod over US-Iranian negotiations to end the Iran war.
Lebanon casts a shadow over US-Iran talks
Lebanon looms large as a grey swan that could run roughshod over US-Iranian negotiations to end the Iran war.
Shaping Gulf geopolitics-The battle for the Strait of Hormuz
Geography gives Iran a leg up in the struggle to determine the strategic Strait of Hormuz’s future and potentially with it the region’s bala...
History suggests that prospects for a final US-Iranian deal are bleak
Widely diverging US and Iranian attitudes towards Iran’s nuclear programme are not just about preventing the Islamic Republic from acquiring...
Middle East Report 26062026
James discusses the US-Iran negotiations, the Middle East’s changing geopolitics, and Yemen on Radio Islam.
Ottoman-era railway offers a glimpse at a post-war Middle East architecture
A Turkish-Saudi agreement to revive the Ottoman-era Hijaz Railway tells the story of geopolitical realignment in the wake of the wars in Gaz...
US-Iran talks remain fragile
The negotiations between the United States and Iran remain fragile with both contradicting the other on what may or may not have been agreed...
Rethinking Yemen
It’s time to rethink policy towards Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The need to think outside of the box has become more urgent with Midd...
Middle East Report: Iran 1-0 US
James discusses the US Iran memorandum of understanding on Radio Islam.
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...