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James Dorsey

Dr. James M. Dorsey, a non-resident senior associate at the BESA Center, is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture.

The hearts and minds of Indian Muslims would be a valuable prize for Saudi Arabia and Turkey as they vie for leadership of the Muslim world.
With the exception of a few protests in Bangladesh and India, and some critical statements by Malaysian leaders, Muslims across the globe have largely refrained from pressuring their governments to speak out about developments in Xinjiang. In fact, China retains its status as Asia’s top tourism destination for Muslim travelers.
Gulf leaders are likely to share that perception in response to the president’s seeming unwillingness to fully take their interests into account, particularly in the wake of his announced US troop withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan.
U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to argue that if the United States does not conclude a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, countries like China, Russia and South Korea, which have less strict controls, will step in. The argument essentially is that America must commit a wrong because if it doesn’t, someone else will.
A six-page draft U.S. Senate resolution does more than portray Saudi policy as detrimental to U.S. interests, which is striking in and of itself.
Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s experience at the G20 summit suggests that he will be able to put the Jamal Khashoggi scandal behind him and maintain his position.
Embattled Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman could prove to be not only a cat with nine lives, but a cat that makes surprising jumps.
The killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul threatens to severely disrupt the U.S.-Saudi alliance that holds together many of the Middle East’s fault lines.
China, in an implicit recognition that at least some of its Belt and Road-related projects risk trapping target countries in debt or failing to meet their needs, has conceded that adjustments may be necessary.
A possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas may be about more than ending the ongoing, escalating violence that threatens to spark yet another Gaza war.
U.S. officials, including National Security Advisor John Bolton, a longtime proponent of Iranian regime change, have shied away from declaring that they are seeking a change of government, but have indicated that they hope sanctions will fuel economic discontent.
Iranian leaders have said the future of the nuclear agreement in the wake of U.S. withdrawal will depend on the ability of Europe, China and Russia to ensure that the American impact is substantially blunted.