The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey

James discusses on Radio Islam this week’s anxiously awaited White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, next week’s Board of Peace gathering in Washington focussed on Gaza, and the future of US-Israeli military relations.

On this edition of Parallax Views, returning guest James M. Dorsey, independent journalist and scholar at The Turbulent World Substack, breaks down the latest developments shaping the Middle East. We start with the high-stakes U.S.-Iran talks, where Dorsey explains the deep mistrust between Washington and Tehran, the obstacles to a deal, and why, despite tensions, he doubts Trump seeks a full-scal...

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s meeting this week with US President Donald Trump could determine war and peace in Iran and Gaza and the immediate fate of the West Bank.

James discusses the US-Iranian talks, the Saudi-United Arab Emirates conflict, and the killing in Libya of Seif al-Islam on Radio Islam.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has some advice for US negotiators in advance of Friday’s US-Iranian talks in Oman aimed at avoiding a military conflagration that could spark a regional war in the Middle East. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Mr. Fidan suggested that the US tackle one contentious issue at a time rather than seek a package deal that addresses all US demands, starting with curbs on Iran...

A US military intervention in Iran doesn’t just risk exposing Gulf states and Israel to Iranian retaliation. It also raises the spectre of a regional war spilling over into the Caucasus. With no US or Israeli targets within its borders, Iran has threatened to retaliate against Israel and US military bases in the Middle East, a threat directed at Gulf states and Israel rather than NATO member Turke...

Disarmament of Hamas is the next battleground on which Israel and the group will each attempt to shape Gaza’s future in their mould. The prospects don’t bode well for ordinary Gazans with US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace’s cards stacked in Israel’s favour. That is not to deny that Hamas either needs to disarm or be integrated into a unified Palestinian police force that maintains law and...

James discusses Iran, Gaza, and the Saudi-United Arabs Emirates dispute in Radio Islam’s Middle East Report.

James discusses US President Donald Board’s Board of Peace, Iran, Greenland, and the world order with podcaster J. G. Michael @ViewsParallax.

James discusses Donald Trump’s Board of peace, the Saudi-UAE dispute, and Iran on Radio Islam.

James discusses the Board of Peace and Gaza on RTHK’s Backchat programme. To read the transcript, go to https://jamesmdorsey.substack.com/p/the-board-of-peace-creating-a-new

[BFM 89.9] Over the past week, US President Donald Trump has floated a proposal he calls a Board of Peace, a new international body linked to Gaza that would sit outside the United Nations framework. Dr James M. Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies tells BFM 89.9 if this is a workable plan. To read the transcript, go to https://jamesmdorsey.substack.co...

James discusses Iran and Greenland

Images of the mass anti-government protests in Iran may be reminiscent of the popular revolt that toppled the Shah in 1979, but that is where the similarities stop. Based in Tehran at the time, I covered the revolution that was the Islamic Republic’s midwife. employing the kind of violence Iran’s current Islamist leaders are capable of. That is not say that hardline supporters of the Shah and seni...

Middle East Report by James M. Dorsey

James discusses US options and the latest developments in Iran on Az News

James discusses the latest developments in Iran on BFM 89.9

Iranian protesters may find that they got more than they bargained for if US President Donald Trump acts on his threat to intervene militarily in support of protesters. Mr. Trump’s threat may have emboldened Iranians to continue taking to the streets, assuming that the world’s most powerful leader has their back. Many protesters and some US officials believe that US airstrikes would undermine the...

James discusses Yemen on TRT World

Iran has been facing widespread unrest since Dec 28, with economic hardship sparking protests across the country and policymakers attempting reforms amid US sanctions and a faltering currency. Dr James M. Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, shares with BFM 89.9 his analysis on the situation.

James discusses the apprehension of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on PTV.

James discusses this week’s Middle East developments on Radio Islam

If Israel and the United Arab Emirates have their way, 2026 promises to be a year of further fracturing of the Greater Middle East. Israel’s strategy is to balkanise, if not break up states, while the UAE’s approach is to capitalise on opportunities failed states offer, much as Iran did with its support for militant non-state actors in Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen, and the toppled regime of former Syr...

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu confidante Ron Dermer positioned Evangelicals five year ago as Israel’s most reliable supporters, more reliable than American Jews. Today, Mr Dermer is gone. He resigned in November as strategic affairs minister and the prime minister’s point man on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. Gone too is Evangelical reliability with many young Evangelicals and members of Pres...

President Donald Trump has used a White House Hannukah celebration to highlight the Israel lobby’s reduced influence as a result of US public opinion, including young Evangelicals, increasingly questioning the perceived communality of American and Israeli national interests and turning critical of Israel’s Gaza war conduct. In a twist of irony, the influence of the primary pro-Israel lobbying inst...