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The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
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An outbreak anywhere is an outbreak everywhere
17 mins; May 11, 2020
Ibrahim Fraihat_NBN
68 hours 24 mins; May 06, 2020
Gulf Security-Arab Gulf States Have No Good Options
8 mins; May 05, 2020
Saudi Arabia’s Problems-Not Just a Pandemic and Economics but Geopolitics Too
6 mins; April 28, 2020
Pandemic threatens to drive wedge into US-Gulf relations
8 mins; April 27, 2020
Middle Eastern juxtapositions-The phone call that never came
7 mins; April 25, 2020
Dialogue of the Deaf Drives Escalating US-Iranian Tensions
7 mins; April 21, 2020
Saudi Arabia rolls the dice with bid for Newcastle United
7 mins; April 17, 2020
US-Saudi Oil Clash Sets Stage for Future Epic Battle
7 mins; April 14, 2020
OPEC production cut papers over cracks in US-Gulf relation but for how long
8 mins; April 10, 2020
Stopping COVID-19 in its Ttracks-Science Ggets the Uupper Hhand
9 mins; April 07, 2020
Resisting Lockdowns-Bringing Ultra-conservatives into the fold
9 mins; April 04, 2020
Global Response to Coronavirus Exposes Governments’ Fault Lines
9 mins; March 31, 2020
Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment A Global and Historical Comparison
59 mins; March 27, 2020
China manoeuvres to protect its interests while keeping its hands clean
8 mins; March 26, 2020
Refugees and Shantytowns in MENA and Beyond Imperil Global Public Health
11 mins; March 24, 2020
Playing for Higher Stakes-Saudi Arabia Gambles on Oil War with Russia
7 mins; March 17, 2020
Coronavirus-The Middle East’s lessons not learnt and missed opportunities
9 mins; March 16, 2020
Biden Sanders or Trump - US Policy Towards the Gulf Will Change Regardless
8 mins; March 11, 2020
The Long-term Political Fallout of Coronavirus
10 mins; March 08, 2020
Eastern Mediterranean-A microcosm of regional and global battles
8 mins; March 04, 2020
Coming home to roost-War threatens to spill beyond Syria’s borders
9 mins; March 01, 2020
Trump vs Sanders-Populism vs Populism
9 mins; February 29, 2020
Not a pretty picture-The contours of a new world order are on your tv screen
12 mins; February 26, 2020
JMD on NBN: Nicholas Blincoe, More Noble Than War
60 hours 38 mins; February 20, 2020
Pakistan puts press freedom at the core of struggle for new world order_podc
7 mins; February 16, 2020
Defending political freedoms-Incidents in Israel and Scandinavia raise alarm bells_Podc
8 mins; February 14, 2020
Erdogan battles on multiple fronts in risky regional power bid
7 mins; February 11, 2020
Iran looms large in Central Asia despite sanctions and Saudi financial muscle
7 mins; February 07, 2020
What the Deal of the Century Tells Us About the World We Live In_Podcast
8 mins; February 03, 2020
Protesters push Arab militaries off their pedestal_Podcast
7 mins; January 31, 2020
Saudi Arabia and Iran-Not places for persecuted religious and ethnic minorities_Podc
9 mins; January 28, 2020
Drawing battle lines-Centre-right parties take on civilisationalism_Podcast
8 mins; January 25, 2020
Iran crisis test drives fundaments of Trumps foreign policy_Podcast
10 mins; January 25, 2020
China and India place risky bets on Muslim acquiescence to anti-Muslim policies_Pod
9 mins; January 20, 2020
The battle for Libya-The UAE calls the shots
7 mins; January 18, 2020
Iran crisis-A high-stakes bet on who blinks first_Podcast
7 mins; January 15, 2020
Reading tea leaves-US backs off support for regime change in Iran_Podcast
7 mins; January 11, 2020
Ripples of 1MDB scandal likely to complicate Malaysian ties to key Gulf states_Podc
7 mins; January 10, 2020
Iran plays chess-the US plays backgammon_Podcast
8 mins; January 08, 2020
Soleimani’s death opens a door to alternative security arrangements in the Gulf
8 mins; January 07, 2020
Killing Qassim Soleimani-rule of law or rule of the jungle_Podcast
8 mins; January 05, 2020
The killing of Qassim Soleimani-The United States misreads the tea leaves_Podcast
9 mins; January 03, 2020
US military strikes in Iraq stir regional hornets nest_Podcast
9 mins; January 02, 2020
2019 was a decade of defiance and dissent. The 2020s are likely to be no different._Podc
8 mins; January 01, 2020
A symptom of fragile anti-US alliances-Russia accuses China of technology theft
8 mins; December 29, 2019
Sports-A battlefield for freedom of expression and political change_podcast
8 mins; December 25, 2019
Israeli soccer club’s anti-racism echoes Israel’s political divide_Podcast
8 mins; December 22, 2019
Gulf security-China envisions continued US military lead_Podc
9 mins; December 19, 2019
China struggles to fend off allegations of debt trap diplomacy_Podc
9 mins; December 11, 2019
Ending the Gulf crisis-Natural gas frames future Gulf relationsPodcast
8 mins; December 08, 2019
A microcosm of Iran’s domestic problems, port city bears brunt of crackdown
9 mins; December 03, 2019
Standing up to China-Czech mayor sets a high bar
7 mins; December 02, 2019
Global Turmoil-Ethics offer a way out of the crisis_Podc
11 mins; November 25, 2019
Mending Gulf fences could weaken support for US sanctions against Iran_Podcast
9 mins; November 23, 2019
Middle Eastern protests-A tug of war over who has the longer breath
7 mins; November 19, 2019
Strategic Black Sea falls by the wayside in impeachment controversy_Podcast
8 mins; November 14, 2019
Gulf soccer suggests that “The Times They Are a-Changin”
8 mins; November 13, 2019
Its when not if Chinas Middle Eastern tightrope snaps_Podcast
9 mins; November 11, 2019
Salvaging international law-The best of bad options
9 mins; November 08, 2019
Rise of civilisationalists forces rethink of sovereign nation state
13 mins; November 04, 2019
Global protests-Russia and China risk ending up on the wrong side of history
9 mins; November 03, 2019
Countering civilisationalism-Lebanese and Iraqi protesters transcend sectarianism
9 mins; October 31, 2019
Popular Protest: How effective is it?
11 mins; October 28, 2019
Joining the global protest fray-Islamists march on the Pakistani capital
9 mins; October 25, 2019
Dark Shadows-Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan
59 mins; October 24, 2019
Turkey and China tie themselves in knots over Syria and Xinjiang
9 mins; October 22, 2019
Turkey and the Kurds-What goes around comes around
9 mins; October 16, 2019
Landing in Riyadh-Geopolitics work in Putin’s favour
8 mins; October 13, 2019
A self-inflicted wound-Trump surrenders the West’s moral high ground
7 mins; October 11, 2019
Learning lessons-Protesters stay one step ahead of rulers
8 mins; October 08, 2019
Running hot and cold-Gulf balances on the edge of war and peace
8 mins; October 06, 2019
Hints of Gulf rapprochement-Iranian tactics may be paying off
9 mins; October 02, 2019
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60 hours 27 mins; September 29, 2019
Saudi policy shift-A rare Trump foreign policy success
10 mins; September 26, 2019
Big power rivalry in the Gulf requires a US strategy rethink
8 mins; September 25, 2019
Trumps Trade Wars-A New World Order?
27 mins; September 23, 2019
Putin, clumsily, seeks to exploit mounting Gulf tensions_Podcast
11 mins; September 21, 2019
Saudi oil attacks put US commitments to the test
10 mins; September 18, 2019
Eurasia’s Great Game-India, Japan and Europe play to Putin’s needs
9 mins; September 16, 2019
Death of female Iranian soccer fans puts FIFA and Asian soccer body in the dock
8 mins; September 12, 2019
Playing politics-Trump and Netanyahu risk sparking nuclear arms race
9 mins; September 10, 2019
A bird’s eye view of Asia-A continental landscape of minorities in peril
13 mins; September 08, 2019
Challenging the word order-Erdogan wants right to develop nuclear weapons
7 mins; September 07, 2019
Gulf wealth: All that glitters is not gold
11 mins; September 05, 2019
Playing Palestinian politics-UAE-backed ex-security chief weighs his options
8 mins; September 01, 2019
Protest-The King is dead, long live the king
8 mins; August 29, 2019
Aramcos IPO-A bell weather of Saudi balancing between East and West
8 mins; August 25, 2019
Diverging Gulf responses to Kashmir and Xinjiang ripple across Asia
9 mins; August 23, 2019
Israeli contrasts-Likuds favoured soccer teams veers left as Bibi turns further right_Podc
9 mins; August 20, 2019
Business and boxing-two sides of the same coin (online-audio-converter.com)
9 mins; August 15, 2019
Changing Saudi Arabia-Art Culture and Society in the Kingdom
66 hours 22 mins; August 14, 2019
The Kashmir crisis spotlights what a civilizational world looks like
9 mins; August 11, 2019
Uyghur asylum seeker puts international community on the spot
7 mins; August 06, 2019
Security architecture in the Gulf: Troubled prospects
9 mins; August 05, 2019
George Orwell’s 1984 revisited-The rise of the civilisationalists
9 mins; August 04, 2019
Saudi Iranian rivalry polarises Nigerian Muslims
10 mins; July 30, 2019
Kashmir-A battleground for Middle Eastern rivals
8 mins; July 29, 2019
Shifting Sands-Chinese encroachment in Central Asia and challenges to US supremacy in the Gulf
10 mins; July 26, 2019
China’s risky bets
9 mins; July 23, 2019
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