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MEI Insight: Facing One's Demons: The Egyptian Military and the Brotherhood at a Crossroads 26 Jul 2013 | 06:34 pm
Introduction Events in Cairo have all the hallmarks of a return to the repression under ousted President Hosni Mubarak that prompted millions of Egyptians two years ago to camp out on Cairo’s Tahrir ...
Gulf rivalries spill on to the soccer pitch 23 Jul 2013 | 09:23 am
vs. By James M. Dorsey The battle between Iran and various Gulf state for the identity of the energy-rich region has spilled onto its soccer pitches. It’s the Persian Gulf League vs. the Arabian Gu....
The US Bogeyman in Post-coup Egypt 22 Jul 2013 | 02:35 pm
RSIS presents the following commentary The US Bogeyman in Post-coup Egypt by James M. Dorsey. It is also available online at this link. (To print it, click on this link.). Kindly forward any comment....
Football: a sporting barometer of European integration policies (ICSS Journal) 17 Jul 2013 | 11:57 pm
ICCS Journal James M Dorsey reports on the successes that football teams have had in helping immigrant communities to integrate with wider society, observing that football can be a useful indicator o...
The Struggle for Egypt: Saudi Arabia’s Regional Role 16 Jul 2013 | 01:56 pm
RSIS presents the following commentary The Struggle for Egypt: Saudi Arabia’s Regional Role by James M. Dorsey. It is also available online at this link. (To print it, click on this link.). Kindly f...
FIFA reaffirms its role as pillar of established order 16 Jul 2013 | 12:39 pm
By James M. Dorsey A recent visit by world soccer body FIFA president Sepp Blatter to the Middle East spotlighted the group’s role as a pillar of the existing political and football governance order ...
Tactical retreat: Ultras absent from protests in Egypt and Turkey 13 Jul 2013 | 03:31 pm
By James M. Dorsey Militant, highly politicized soccer fans who played key roles in the toppling of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, opposition to post-Mubarak military rule, and last month’s mass p...
Egypt on the Brink: The Military’s Dilemma 11 Jul 2013 | 07:18 am
RSIS presents the following commentary Egypt on the Brink: The Military’s Dilemma by James M. Dorsey. It is also available online at this link. (To print it, click on this link.). Kindly forward any...
Military Coup in Egypt: A Recipe for Failure 9 Jul 2013 | 02:32 pm
RSIS presents the following commentary Military Coup in Egypt: A Recipe for Failure by James M. Dorsey. It is also available online at this link. (To print it, click on this link.). Kindly forward a...
Planned mass protests in Egypt echo Cairo’s Tahrir Square uprising 28 Jun 2013 | 12:48 pm
Ultras play cat and mouse By James M. Dorsey Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and militant, street battle-hardened soccer fans, in a replay of the run-up to mass protests two years ago that ousted ...
