By James M. Dorsey (Remarks made at the Asia Pacific Roundtable, APR @ 30: Cooperation and Contestation in a Changing Regional Landscape) We have been given the impossible task of telling you in the words of Hollywood director and actor Woody Allen everything about the Middle East that you want to know and never dared … [Read more…]
By James M. Dorsey Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dresses up his increasing authoritarianism with nationalist and religious overtones, sparking battles over the future of the Kemalist state. Those battles, pitting nationalist and conservative forces against secularists and Kurds, are nowhere more evident than on Turkish soccer pitches. A series of incidents in recent months … [Read more…]
Bosca ist Frankfurter Rapper und Ultra. Gerade ist sein 3,5 Jahre währendes Stadionverbot abgelaufen, in 10 von 17 Bundesliga-Standorten hatte er sogar Stadtverbot. Wir haben ihn gefragt, warum er trotzdem auswärts fährt. Quelle: Warum man trotz Stadionverbot auswärts fährt | VICE Sports
A brilliant piece of public health analysis by Amir Attaran in last month’s Harvard Public Health Review . This is the source research that 150 other medi Quelle: Rio Olympics: Why They Should be Postponed or Moved – Declan Hill
By James M. Dorsey (Lecture at MEI Conference: The Middle East Peace Process After the Arab Uprisings) When Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s Middle East editor, returned to Jerusalem earlier this month, he was asked by colleagues what story he would be covering. The story seemed evident to Jeremy. It was of course the ongoing violence … [Read more…]
Nürnberg verpasst den Aufstieg. Doch auch nach einer lausigen Relegation bleiben die Fans ihrem Verein treu. Warum eigentlich? Und wie lange noch? – Die Welt Quelle: Die Geliebten
By James M. Dorsey Two recent incidents involving the refusal of Arab teams to play their Palestinian counterparts on Palestinian soil highlight the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) willingness to play politics at the Palestinians’ expense at times with the connivance of the Palestine Authority headed by President Mahmoud Abbas. The incidents further spotlight the consequences … [Read more…]
It was not a good week for sport. The Turkish nightmare continues. There are strange doings, as usual, in Singapore and Qatar. However, the big story is th Quelle: 2 Farces, Turkish Nightmare & Infantino’s Blatter-Lite FIFA – Declan Hill
Author: James M. Dorsey Date: May 15, 2016 Independent Turkey, New, Op-Ed Articles *Source: Marksist.org © Turkey and Egypt: The Battle to Control Dissent Pitches Fans against Autocrats Battles for control of stadiums and other public spaces in Turkey and Egypt have pitched militant soccer fans against authoritarian leaders determined to limit the supporters’ ability to challenge … [Read more…]
On the bright side, he has never actually been convicted of fraud, racketeering or money laundering. He has also never been arrested for corruption. No has Quelle: King of the Mediocre – Declan Hill