The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey
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The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey
Dr. James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture, and co-host of the New Books in Middle Eastern Studies podcast. James is the author of The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer blog, a...
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Pakistan’s Iran war mediation ties the South Asian nation up in knots
A resumption of Iran war hostilities could jeopardise Pakistani mediation and turn the South Asian nation into a combatant as differences between Saud...
Iran war disrupts Gulf states' economic ambitions
James discusses on TRT World the Iran war’s economic fallout in the Gulf states
Gulf states’ differences were baked into the GCC’s DNA from the outset
The Gulf states’ divergent responses to the Iran war are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’s DNA.
Founded in Abu Dhabi in 1981 by the r...
Trump fails to camouflage differences with China over Iran
A US and Bahraini draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a halt to Iran's throttling of traffic through the strategic Strait of...
Middle East Report 15052026
James discusses the struggle for the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump’s visit to China, US-Gulf relations, and the return of sectarianism o...
US-Iran diplomacy amounts to motion without movement
US President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s response to peace talks as tensions rise ahead of his trip to China, while global powers prepare militar...
Are the US and Iran close to a deal
The United States and Iran are closer to a deal that would end the Iran war. James M. Dorsey tells TRT World why that does not mean that they are clos...
The US and Iran hold their fire. The question is for how long
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was on thin ice when he declared this week on the White House press podium that “Operation Epic Fury is concluded.”<...
US and Iran tap dance into reviving hostilities
The good news is that Iran’s latest ceasefire proposal apparently includes elements that US President Donald Trump finds worthwhile considering, even...
Iran’s proposal puts Trump in a bind
The gap between the US and Iranian positions is widening.
Whatever understandings existed have vanished.
Driving the widening of the gap a...
Celebrated Orban’s defeat-That may have been premature
Celebrated Orban’s defeat-That may have been premature by James M. Dorsey
Resumption of US-Iran talks hangs in the balance
An Iranian delegation led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistan’s leadership, as uncertainty hangs over...
US Strait of Hormuz blockade threatens to backfire
The US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz threatens to backfire as the Trump administration and Iran seek to gain the upper hand.
Iran assum...
Playing bluff poker on a knife’s edge
It’s going to take more than a knife-edge game of bluff poker to get US-Iranian talks back on track.
To successfully pull back from the brink,...
What the 1987 Tanker War teaches us about the Strait of Hormuz stand-off
The 1987 Iran-Iraq Tanker War offers important lessons for today’s US-Iranian stand-off in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The war erupted as a...
Iran has a leg up in the war of narratives
US embassies in three Muslim-majority countries have warned the State Department that the United States is losing the war of narratives with Iran.
Infusing religion in the military risks sliding down a slippery slope
If the US, Israeli, and Iranian armed forces have anything in common, it may be militant interpretations of faith as a motivational driver that demoni...
Politics obstruct a US-Iran nuclear deal
US President Donald Trump has made Iran’s nuclear ambitions, alongside free passage through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the key to permanently end...
The Islamabad talks were doomed from the outset
Several factors doomed US-Iranian negotiations in Islamabad to end the Iran war from the outset.
Even so, the failure did not immediately spell...
Middle East Report
In anticipation of Pakistan-mediated US-Iranian talks In Islamabad on ending the Iran war, James discusses the prospect for a permanent halt to hostil...
Did Trump blink first?
A fragile halt to Iran war hostilities was always a question of who blinks first.
Even so, both the United States and Iran are declaring victory...
Iran war: Paying the Piper
On this edition of Parallax Views, James M. Dorsey discusses the Iran War's potential consequences for the United States, Europe, the Gulf States, Isr...
Iran war weakens Trump in his European culture wars
Three months into the new year, 2026 is emerging as a year of potentially serious setbacks for US President Donald Trump.
Trapped in an expandin...
What if Trump unilaterally ends the Iran War?
James discusses on TRT World what happens of US President Donald Trump unilaterally ends US involvement in the Iran war.
Shaping the Iran war’s next phase
The Gulf states, rather than Iran, may shape the next phase of the war.
With Yemen’s Houthi rebels entering the war and threatening to close Bab...
Is Iran America’s Suez moment-The answer is Yo
The US-Israeli war against Iran has scholars, journalists, and pundits comparing the conflagration to Britain, France, and Israel’s invasion of Egypt...
A double-edged sword
For the Gulf states, US President Donald Trump’s potential deal to end the Iran war threatens to be a double-edged sword.
On the one hand...
The Iran war is about to escalate
The United States and Israel’s war on Iran is about to escalate with no exit strategy in sight.
Several factors are pushing the combatants towar...
Standing up to Donald Trump
Since returning to the Oval Office in January of last year, US President Donald Trump has changed global diplomacy, placing himself at the centre of i...
Control of the Strait of Hormuz puts Iran in the driver’s seat
President Donald Trump would be well advised to learn the lessons of the last time the United States sought to protect Gulf shipping by escorting oil...
No Good Options
The United States bombing of Kharg Island, Iran’s foremost oil export terminal, suggests that President Donald Trump may realise that he has no good o...
Can Trump end the Iran war unilaterally?
The question is not if but when US President Donald Trump will unilaterally declare victory in the Iran war.
The problem is that it takes three...
Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new Supreme Leader and how might his rule change the US‑Iran war
Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader after the killing of his father, Ali Khamenei, in a US-Israeli strike — a move that could re...
Supporting Iran’s minorities risks playing with fire
Iran may have played into Israel and the United States’ hands by firing drones and missiles at Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Beyond risking sucking Tur...
War in Iran High Stakes For The Middle East BFM 04032026
The Middle East tinderbox was struck ablaze on Saturday when the US and Israel launched air strikes on Iran. How might this conflict shape the power d...
Putting Trump’s muscular foreign policy to the test
Iran is challenging the might-is-right cornerstone of Donald Trump’s foreign policy by refusing to bow to the US president’s demands and fighting a wa...