MBS: Riding Roughshod Or Playing Risky Game Of Bluff Poker? – Analysis
A stalemate in efforts to determine what happened to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is threatening to escalate into a crisis
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Author: James M. Dorsey
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Articles by James M. Dorsey :
Kazakh Court Case Tests Chinese Power – Analysis
A Kazakh court is set to put to the test China’s ability to impose its will and strongarm Muslim nations
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Jamal Khashoggi Rejiggers Middle East At Potentially Horrible Cost – Analysis
The fate of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, assuming that his disappearance was the work of Saudi security and military
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Remodeling The Belt And Road: Pakistan Picks Up The Torch – Analysis
Pakistan, following in the footsteps of Malaysia and Myanmar, is the latest country to balk at the China and infrastructure
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Pakistani Poker: Playing Saudi Arabia Against China – Analysis
Desperate for funding to fend off a financial crisis fuelled in part by mounting debt to China, Pakistan is playing
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Achieving Religious Harmony In A World Of Fear And Populism – OpEd
This is a tough time for men and women of the cloth, at least those whose message is one of
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Journalist’s Disappearance Challenges Fragile Middle Eastern Pragmatism – Analysis
Saudi Arabia and Turkey, despite being on opposite sides of Middle Eastern divides, are cooperating in Syria to enable youth
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Fragility Of Middle East Alliances Becomes Ever More Apparent – Analysis
Three recent developments lay bare the fragility of Middle Eastern alliances and a rebalancing of their priorities: the Russian-Turkish compromise
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Global Watchdog Takes Saudi Arabia To Task For Lax Anti-Terrorism Finance Measures – Analysis
A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report criticizing Saudi Arabia’s anti-money laundering and terrorism finance measures puts the kingdom on
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Battling It Out At The UN: Potholes Overshadow US-Iran Confrontation – Analysis
It’s easy to dismiss Iranian denunciations of the United States and its Middle Eastern allies as part of the Islamic
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