US Military Presence In Middle East: The Less The Better – Analysis
It may not have been planned or coordinated but efforts by Middle Eastern states to dial down tensions serve as
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Author: James M. Dorsey
Website: http://mideastsoccer.blogspot.com/
Articles by James M. Dorsey :
Gulf Security: It’s Not All Bad News – Analysis
Gulf states are in a pickle. They fear that the emerging parameters of a reconfigured US commitment to security in
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Reducing Middle East Tensions Potentially Lessens Sectarianism And Opens Doors For Women – Analysis
Two separate developments involving improved relations between Sunni and Shiite Muslims and women’s sporting rights demonstrate major shifts in how
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Comparing Textbooks: Even Afghanistan Scores Better Than Pakistan – Analysis
Societal struggles and reform often take unexpected turns in vast swaths of land stretching from the Middle East into Central
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Concern About Iran Prompts Israel To Weigh Acknowledgement Of Its Own Nuclear Weapons – Analysis
On their way from Tel Aviv airport to Jerusalem in 1977 then Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Yigael Yadin asked President
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Afghanistan Highlights Link Between Religious Soft Power And Gulf Security – Analysis
By James M. Dorsey When Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Thani this week described the Taliban’s repressive policies towards
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UAE Nation Branding Encounters Early Headwinds – Analysis
For at least the last two decades, the United Arab Emirates, aided by some of the world’s foremost consulting and
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UAE-Israel Relations Risk Being Built On Questionable Assumptions – Analysis
A year of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has proven to be mutually beneficial. The question
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The Battle For The Soul Of Islam: Will The Real Reformer Of The Faith Stand Up? – Analysis
Saudi and Emirati efforts to define ‘moderate’ Islam as socially more liberal while being subservient to an autocratic ruler is
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A Shift In Militants’ Strategy Could Shine A More Positive Light On Failed US Policy – Analysis
A paradigm shift in jihadist thinking suggests that the US invasion of Afghanistan may prove to have achieved more than
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