Sitemap - 2024 - The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey

Saudi Arabia balances ‘tolerance’ with support for ultra-conservatives in conflict zones

Israel pushes for greater cooperation with the US in targeting Iran

Israel’s Middle East war: Yemen is definitely next, maybe Iran too

Turkey dreams of a neo-Ottoman Middle East

A Tale of Three Occupations

A US-Israeli masterclass in how to discourage change in Syria

Syria may be tired of war, but war may not be tired of Syria

Picking up the pieces: Russia and Iran seek to limit losses in Syria

How did Saudi Arabia land the 2034 World Cup?

Will the real Mr. Jolani stand up?

The Collapse of the Assad Regime: Regional Implications

Syrian rebels are gunning for Damascus. Turkey may like the prospect.

It’s make or break for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, not only on the battlefield

Fighting in Syria could rewrite the Middle East’s political map

Ceasefire brings Lebanon’s chicken home to roost

Israeli commander’s West Bank woes spotlight a military tied up in knots

ICC arrest warrants Netanyahu and Gallant open a Pandora’s Box

Netanyahu and Hamas: A symbiotic relationship that costs Israel dearly

Israel’s wars repeat the 1980s on steroids

Trump set to inherit a Gaza war he doesn’t want but can’t end

Iran jockeys for position as hawks populate Trump’s administration

How much of Godsend for Netanyahu is Trump’s return to the White House?

Netanyahu bets on Lebanon to justify his forever wars

The Middle East doesn’t preoccupy Trump, but Trump preoccupies the Middle East

Trump victory may have a long-shot silver lining

The UAE, backed by Israel, targets influential role in post-war Gaza

The US elections, not ceasefire talks, likely to shape Israel’s wars

Israel’s Loss of a Moral Compass

Israel’s limited retaliation against Iran demonstrates US can force Netanyahu’s hand

Blinken touts problematic UAE plan for post-war Gaza

Hezbollah fights to survive, uncertain of the level of Iranian support

The Greater Middle East is a Ticking Time Bomb

Killing Hamas leader garners Israel a tactical, not a strategic success

Hamas leader’s death offers Israel a feel-good moment but changes little

Israel’s international support network fractures as pressure mounts

By accusing Israel of terrorism, former CIA director redefines terrorism

What were they thinking? Hamas and Netanyahu have yet to explain

Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah manoeuvre in military and political minefields

Saudi Arabia sees opportunity as Israel takes on Hezbollah and weighs retaliation against Iran

Iran’s networked defense strategy is a double-edged sword

Iran's Missile Strike Fires Up Tensions

Will Hezbollah crumble without Nasrallah?

Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader is unlikely to shift the paradigm of Middle East politics

Israel - Hezbollah: Serious Repercussions For The Region

Iranian President floats rare Israeli trial balloon

Saudi gas investments: A marriage of economic and geopolitics

Mass Electronic Device Explosions in Lebanon

Does the US have any leverage on Israel-Hezbollah tensions?

Netanyahu, Iran, and Iranian-backed groups walk tightly spun tripwire

Subtle US messages fall on Netanyahu and Israel’s deaf ears

Jordan struggles to stay out of the Middle East’s increasingly precarious fray

For Israel, losing the battle for hearts and minds is worse than failing to defeat Hamas

Netanyahu and Hamas share disregard for Israeli and Palestinian lives

Jockeying for position in post-war Gaza

US anti-settler sanctions barely scratch the surface

Binyamin Netanyahu is as much an ideologue as he is an opportunist

Escalating Middle East tensions raise multiple questions

Multiple time bombs likely to threaten a Gaza ceasefire from day one

US mulls confronting Netanyahu if Gaza ceasefire talks falter

Ultra-nationalists provoke as Netanyahu’s ceasefire tightrope wobbles

Gaza school attack spotlights pitfalls of Israeli strategy

Israel’s reputational self-immolation

Hamas leader’s killing: Netanyahu’s latest undermining of ceasefire talks

Looking beyond the fog of war to imagine future Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations

Assassinating Hamas leaders scores points but is unlikely to produce victory

Intellectual honesty in Israel & Palestine produces radically different outcomes

Gaza is the one thing Kamala Harris and Donald Trump agree on

The battle for Muslim education

Saudi-UAE notions of Islam are at the core of Israeli thinking on post-war Gaza

Gulf Investment in European Soccer Becomes a Hot Potato

Israel’s self-declared Gaza safe zones are Catch-22 death traps

JMD on TRT: Israel kills dozens of displaced Palestinians in Al Mawasi

Ignoring ingrained anti-Semitism, Israel backs global far-right

Akbar's Chamber: Soft Power Islam: The Geopolitical Contest over ‘Moderate Islam’

Tracing the roots of Israel’s Gaza war strategy

Walking a tightrope, Netanyahu struggles to maintain his balance

Widening rift with the military puts Netanyahu in a tight spot

New soccer stadium seals marriage between Gulf capital and Egyptian crony capitalism

Palestine is a double-edged sword for Egyptian President Al-Sisi

Islam vs. Soccer

The Gaza war is about more than Binyamin Netanyahu’s political fortunes

Is Lebanon Israeli settlers’ next frontier?

The Israeli military isn’t what it once was

Israeli setbacks empower Hamas

Thinking the unthinkable: Israeli occupation instead of a ceasefire

Covert wars

Next week could be make or break for Binyamin Netanyahu

Israel and its supporters turn Palestine into a litmus test of democracy.

King Abdullah of Joran caught between a rock and a hard place

Antisemitism threatens Jews, occupation threatens Judaism.

The quest for religious reform goes global.

The Greater Middle East is a ticking time bomb – Part 2.

US President Biden plays high-risk poker with Israel’s Netanyahu

The Greater Middle East is a ticking time bomb -Part 1.

What Jews, Palestinian Israelis, and Turkish Kurds have in common.

Netanyahu and ultraconservatives jeopardise Israeli security.

Netanyahu borrows time by rejecting Gaza ceasefire.

The politics of ‘From the River to the Sea.’

Netanyahu is blinded and cornered by the gathering of increasingly dark clouds.

Israel puts Gaza ceasefire ball in Hamas’ court.

Rafah: Make or break for Netanyahu?

Words matter.

The Middle East totters on the edge of a cliff

Israel and Hamas see Gaza ceasefire negotiations as an existential battle

Israel and Hamas play whack-a-mole.

Biden and Hamas tie Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu up in knots.

The Greater Middle East is a ticking time bomb.

Palestinian security forces are caught between a rock and a hard place.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu clutches at straws.

Aid is at the core of an Israeli-Palestinian struggle to control post-war Gaza.

Netanyahu’s walls are caving in.

Rafah: Netanyahu’s marketing tool and lightning rod

Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians may be more accommodating than Israelis.

The Middle East: The world’s playground for the privatization of war

Iran may be on the cusp of change. A conversation with Arash Azizi.

Biden may not have enough rope to push his vision of the Middle East

Innocent Gazans pay a heavy price for Hamas and Israel’s disregard for human life.

Gaza war turns Palestine into a potential Middle Eastern lightning rod.

Weaponizing food: Palestinians lose lives, Israelis lose humanity.

The Battle for the soul of Islam: A game of seduction.

Ceasefire talks are about more than a Gaza truce and prisoner exchange.

Netanyahu’s ‘Day After’ Gaza Plan is a Non-starter

Soccer incidents call into question fundaments of Saudi-Iranian detente

Israel puts Qatar in the crosshairs as Hamas reasserts itself in Gaza.

Crunch time may be around the corner as Gaza ceasefire talks stall.

First Qatar, Now Saudi Arabia: Time for Activists to Rethink

Flying under the radar: China tightens grip on Uighurs.

Blinken finds a hardened political landscape as he tours the Middle East

Qatar’s Gaza war mediation may be a double-edged sword.

Iran facilitates Biden’s support for Israel. Israel makes it increasingly difficult.

UNRWA pronounced guilty until proven innocent. Palestinians pay the price.

International court ruling likely to shape Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange talks.

Looking for fig leaves: Israel and Hamas negotiate terms of a ceasefire.

Hardliners ride high in the Middle East

A casualty of war

Escalating Red Sea tensions and citizen boycotts trap US in Catch-22.

Israeli shift in military tactics threatens to be a double-edged sword.

The Gaza war is set to spill onto the streets of Western cities.

History repeats itself with the assassination of a Hamas official.

Gaza war calls Middle East de-escalation into question.