Gulf Investment in European Soccer Becomes a Hot Potato
By James M. Dorsey Gulf investment in European soccer threatens to become a hot potato. That is if the European Union’s competition authorities decide to investigate assertions by Spain’s top…
Will Labour pursue Britain’s ICC challenge?
It was on May 20, 2024 that Karim Khan KC, a British jurist and chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), applied to the…
Israel’s self-declared Gaza safe zones are Catch-22 death traps
I By James M. Dorsey Israel’s self-declared safe zones trap the Jewish state in the contradictions of its nine-month-long failed campaign to destroy Hamas. It’s one and one is two…
Ignoring ingrained anti-Semitism, Israel backs global far-right
By James M. Dorsey This year, Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli hit the road. Not to shore up Diaspora Jewish support for Israel’s war on Gaza or reassure Jews…
Geopolitical Contest over ‘Moderate Islam’
The past few decades—since 9/11 in particular—have seen the increasing prominence of ‘moderate Islam’ in the public sphere. But who gets to define what this term means? How are these…
Tracing the roots of Israel’s Gaza war strategy
By James M. Dorsey The images of Israel’s reduction of Gaza to a pile of rubble and destructive West Bank raids speak as much about the Strip’s devastation and Israeli…
Walking a tightrope, Netanyahu struggles to maintain his balance
By James Dorsey The coming days and weeks will clarify whether the Biden administration has succeeded in bridging the yawning gap that has dogged the ceasefire efforts for months or…
New soccer stadium seals marriage between Gulf capital and Egyptian crony capitalism
New soccer stadium seals marriage between Gulf capital and Egyptian crony capitalism By James M. Dorsey A one-time revolutionary Egyptian force, the storied Egyptian soccer club Al Ahly FC is…
Palestine is a double-edged sword for Egyptian President Al-Sisi
By James M. Dorsey There’s a silver lining for Egypt in the Gaza war. Egyptian general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, much like his predecessors, would like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to be…
UK’s Labour pledges to recognize Palestine
Britain is in the throes of a general election. The nation goes to the polls on July 4. All the indications are that the Labour party will sweep the…