James M Dorsey is an award-winning journalist and commentator on foreign affairs who has covered ethnic and religious conflict and terrorism across the globe for more than three decades.
The US-Taliban talks cancellation reduces fears harboured in recent weeks by Netanyahu and the Israeli intelligence community that the US president may reverse his hardline on Iran
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Gulf wealth glitters but if the UNICEF report is anything to go by, it has yet to demonstrate that it can produce the gold of a development that is sustainable
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The Trump administration has said it would release political details of the peace plan only after the September 17 Israeli election
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The US-China trade war has prompted Chinese buyers to reduce oil purchases from the United States and look elsewhere.
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The contrast takes on added significance as prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu woes Israel’s far-right in advance of elections on September 17
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The limitations of Russian-Chinese cooperation have long been evident.
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To minimise the risk and expand its aggressive domestic anti-graft campaign, China is embedding inspectors in Belt and Road projects, who will be based in recipient countries
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Egypt’s African Cup of Nations demonstrates that exploiting football for political purposes is a tricky business.
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The visit to assess the situation in Xinjiang was agreed in talks with Chinese leaders when Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue during a recent visit to Beijing
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A political crisis in Georgia challenges the fundament of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s effort to project Russia as a major power
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Donald Trump and other senior US officials reiterated in recent days that they would not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon
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Russia advised the Sudanese military to use fake news and videos to portray demonstrators as anti-Islamic, pro-Israeli
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It will be the first time that the world’s foremost mega sporting event is held in the Arab world, a soccer crazy region
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The situation also suggests that the regional struggle between forces of change and ancient régimes and militaries backed by the UAE and Saudi Arabia is far from decided.
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Protests in the Middle East are not isolated incidents but the most dramatic part of a more global wave prompted by a loss of public confidence in leaders and political systems.
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