Amid Ethnic Protests, Iran Warns of Foreign Meddling

Video link: https://av.voanews.com/Videoroot/Pangeavideo/2018/08/6/61/61c5c34a-8423-42b6-a9c5-de80b804fb7c.mp4 By James M. Dorsey Iran has raised the spectre of a US-Saudi effort to destabilize the country by exploiting economic grievances against the backdrop...

JMD: Jordanian Protests: Revisiting the Arab Spring and Setting a Benchmark

By James M. Dorsey Protests that forced Jordan’s prime minister to resign and laid bare the country’s systemic economic and political crisis shed a new light on...

Talking to Rouhani: Is Trump Shooting from the Hip or Following...

By James M. Dorsey Message to Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Tel Aviv: Not to worry, US President Donald J. Trump has no intention of meeting...

Saudi Arabia Drags Geopolitical Baggage on to the World Cup Pitch...

By James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia has much at stake when its national soccer team enters the pitch for the opening match of the 2018 World...