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James discusses on Middle East Report recent Middle East developments, including Britain taking a stand against Israeli occupation of Palest...
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The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
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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UK Prime Minister Burnham leads burgeoning US ally revolt against Trump
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband weren’t just addressing Israel when they this week condemned Israeli p...
The US-Iran standoff: A battle of wills and resolve
Iran signalled its gradual escalation of US-Iranian hostilities with this weekend’s first attack on US warships rather than oil and commerci...
Is the Middle East heading for another major conflict
Iran and the United States are barrelling toward a new round of fighting. James discusses the prospects for a wider Middle East war on Money...
Middle East Report 28082026
James discusses on Radio Islam challenges facing the Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defence pact, the prospects for success of diplomatic efforts t...
The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani threat matrix expands exponentially
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels loomed large when Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan earlier this month inked a mutual defence pact tha...
US sanctions campaign will produce mixed results, at best
Scott Bessent’s attempt to ringfence Iran financially and economically will test the United States’ ability to impose its will and Iran’s ca...
Running against a clock-Trump and Iran harden their positions
As the United States seeks to strangulate Iran economically, the question is whether the policy, with the US naval blockade of Iranian ports...
Running against a clock-Trump and Iran harden their positions
As the United States seeks to strangulate Iran economically, the question is whether the policy, with the US naval blockade of Iranian ports...
Iran on a Knife's Edge-Why the Next Round of War May Be a Question of When, Not If
A look at why the United States and Iran may be on the brink of renewed military conflict. I unpack Donald Trump's stepped-up pressure campa...
Global Watch-Iran, South Korea, and Ukraine
James discusses with CNA 938 host Daniel Martin US President Donald Trump’s’s plan to make the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, the presiden...
A New Gulf Security Dawn
A new tri-lateral defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan is reshaping the security map of the Gulf and beyond. In this epis...
What Bashar al-Assad's sentencing means
Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad and his brother, Maher al-Assad have been sentenced to death in absentia by a Damascus court for wa...
What next in the Strait of Hormuz
James joins Richard Hext, chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, on HKTU’s Backchat to discuss what next for the embattled Strait...
Abqaiq The crown jewel in the Houthis’ Saudi target list
A look at why Abqaiq — the linchpin of Saudi Arabia's oil-processing infrastructure — is the most consequential target in the Houthis' escal...
Waterways will shape the Middle East’s future
The battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz is part of a jigsaw puzzle that, once put together, will depict the Middle East and the Horn...
Houthi Saudi hostilities escalate
Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen launched at least 12 fresh missile attacks on the Yemeni provinces of Hadramout and Marib on Friday. A da...
Saudi Arabia Steps Up as Middle East Security Shifts
Guest: Dr. James M. Dorsey (Adjunct Senior Fellow), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Saudi Arabia is taking on an increasingly...
Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan is the Only Game in Town, but…
US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace and his 20-point Gaza peace plan are off to a rocky start. Israeli-Hamas differences over the seq...
Creating building blocks of a new world order in the Strait of Hormuz
The battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz is a battle over what some of the building blocks of a new world order will be. At stake is f...