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25 June 2022032 James M. Dorsey

Saudi religious soft power diplomacy eyes Washington and Jerusalem first and foremost

By James M. Dorsey Launched 12 years ago, my column, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, offers, to borrow a phrase from an early proprietor

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12 June 2022050 James M. Dorsey

Recognising Israel: Any Asian volunteers?

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, S

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3 May 2022095 James M. Dorsey

Deteriorating Israeli-Russian relations: A cautionary message for the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey

By James M. Dorsey Israel’s rapidly deteriorating relations with Russia contain a message for other Middle Eastern powers: attempting to remain on

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19 April 20220116 James M. Dorsey

Israel’s Ukraine conundrum may have implications for Gulf states

By James M. Dorsey Middle Eastern states see their ability narrow to walk a fine line in the Ukraine conflict. Israel is a case in point as tension

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30 March 20220116 James M. Dorsey

Always a major Middle Eastern power, Israel now takes centre stage

By James M. Dorsey A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab countries,

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4 November 20210363 Neville Teller

The climate, Saudi Arabia and Israel

by Neville Teller On October 20, under the dramatic headline “Scoop”, on-line news provider Axios posted an exclusive story – details of a conversat

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20 August 20210433 Neville Teller

How close is Saudi Arabia to a normalization deal with Israel?

Back in December 2020 the Jerusalem Post reported that “some of Israel’s highest echelons” expected normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia to

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23 July 20210554 Neville Teller

Turkey and Israel – are they to be friends?

            Diplomats the world over blinked in disbelief on Tuesday, July 13 when the news broke that the previous evening Turkey’s president, Rece

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Normalisation ‒ The New Norm in the Middle East
31 January 20210635 Neville Teller

Normalisation ‒ The New Norm in the Middle East

Over the course of a few months the well-established link between supporting the Palestinian cause and opposing normalisation with Israel has been sev

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Abbas and Biden – a Workable Partnership?
24 January 20210578 Neville Teller

Abbas and Biden – a Workable Partnership?

Joe Biden knows as much about the background to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute as anyone, and more than most.  Over the eight years 2008–2016 that th

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