News on politics, security and defence in the Middle East and North Africa
James M. Dorsey and sports journalist Karim Zidan discuss the issues. To watch a video version of this discussion on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean.…
Assad visiting UAE in March 2023 is greeted by President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan Nothing succeeds like success. Despite every prediction to the…
By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. A schism that could tear the Anglican…
Pakistan ranks high on the list of Muslim-majority countries in which significant segments of the population are in religious terms militantly ultra-conservative. It’s a country where the impact of decades…
By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on Soundcloud,Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and others have been…
by Neville Teller Saudi Arabia and Iran have been rivals for religious and political power ever since Iran’s Islamic revolution in 1979. Their antagonism is…
By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on Soundcloud,Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. Think that the modern nation-state originated with…
By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. Renewed controversy over Saudi ownership of English…
By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. America is in decline. Eclipsed by China’s…
By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. An Indian Supreme Court ruling coupled with…