James M Dorsey

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About the Author : James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and the author of the blog, The Turbulent World of Middle East

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Soccer threaten to spark protests as Iran goes to the polls

12 Jun 2013
by James M Dorsey
With four days left in the run-up to Iran’ presidential election, Supreme Leader Sayed Ali Khamenei has more to worry about than ensuring t... [More]

Mega sports events: A double-edged sword

10 Jun 2013
by James M Dorsey
There is a lesson to be learnt from this year’s Formula One public relations disaster in Bahrain, trade union pressure on Qatar, controvers... [More]

Tahrir’s lesson for Taksim: Police unite battle-hardened fans

10 Jun 2013
by James M Dorsey
If there is one lesson Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan should have drawn from the popular revolts that toppled four Arab leaders and ... [More]

Taksim is not (yet) Tahrir

04 Jun 2013
by James M Dorsey
Almost a week of countrywide protests in Turkey have left an indelible mark on the country’s political landscape: broad discontent with the... [More]

UEFA decision on Gibraltar opens AFC prospects for Kurds

01 Jun 2013
by James M Dorsey
A decision by European soccer body UEFA to grant Gibraltar the right of membership potentially opens the door to Kurdistan to seek association wi... [More]

Saudi Arabia to allow women into stadiums

23 May 2013
by James M Dorsey
  Saudi Arabia, under domestic and international pressure to grant women sporting rights, is creating separate stadium sections so that fem... [More]

Algeria: Middle East’s next revolt if soccer is a barometer

23 May 2013
by James M Dorsey
  Algeria is competing to be the next Arab nation to witness a popular revolt. That is assuming soccer is a barometer of rising discontent ... [More]

Soccer emerges as focal point of dissent in Saudi Arabia

14 May 2013
by James M Dorsey
  Soccer, alongside minority Shiite Muslims and relatives of imprisoned government critics, is emerging as a focal point of dissent in Saud... [More]

FIFA anti-racism campaign has work cut out in the Middle East

10 May 2013
by James M Dorsey
By James M. Dorsey and Amir Khalinejad World soccer body FIFA’s newly established anti-racism committee has its work cut out for it in th... [More]

Asian soccer elects controversial Bahraini as president

07 May 2013
by James M Dorsey
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has elected a prominent Bahraini soccer executive to complete the term of ousted president Mohammed Bin Ha... [More]

New AFC president sets about reform as battle for change looms

07 May 2013
by James M Dorsey
A Singapore-based sports marketing company is at the center of a battle for the future of reform within world soccer days after the Asian Footbal... [More]

Soccer fans in the Gulf vote with their feet

02 May 2013
by James M Dorsey
  Soccer is defeating efforts by wealthy, football-crazy Gulf states to impregnate themselves against the wave of protests that have swept ... [More]

Players’ complaints threaten Qatar projection of improved rights

01 May 2013
by James M Dorsey
Employment-related complaints by two international players, one of whom is barred from leaving Qatar, threaten to overshadow the 2022 World Cup o... [More]

AFC election marred by interference and candidates’ records

27 Apr 2013
by James M Dorsey
Next week’s Asian Football Confederation (AFC) presidential elections designed to elect a leader to clean up two years of alleged financial... [More]

Egyptian soccer TV rights aim to alleviate financial crisis

22 Apr 2013
by James M Dorsey
The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) hopes to raise at least $17 million in an auction this week of the premier league’s television broa... [More]

Trade unions call on FIFA to deprive Qatar of World Cup

19 Apr 2013
by James M Dorsey
  International trade unions have called on world soccer body FIFA to deprive Qatar of its right to host the 2022 World Cup because it has ... [More]

ASEAN Super League offers World Sport Group potential fallback

19 Apr 2013
by James M Dorsey
Plans to launch an Association of Southeast Nations Football Federation (AFF) Super League with Singapore-based World Sport Group (WSG) as its ma... [More]

Bahrain soccer chief faces tough questions in AFC election

15 Apr 2013
by James M Dorsey
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), struggling to restore credibility after two scandal-riddled years involving allegations of financial mism... [More]

Egypt’s banning of soccer fans from matches likely to boomerang

10 Apr 2013
by James M Dorsey
Egyptian authorities have expanded the ban on fans attending matches to include international as well as domestic games in a bid to prevent viole... [More]

AFC presidential candidates’ promises put WSG in crosshairs

09 Apr 2013
by James M Dorsey
Candidates in next month’s Asian Football Confederation (AFC) presidential election designed to appoint a successor to disgraced Qatari nat... [More]