FIFA boss Gianni Infantino wants to bring forward plans to expend the tournament from 32 to 48 countries. But it’s not going to be easy.
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The oil-exporting organization may have mustered the political will to cut production, but its disunity remains intact.
Qatar’s decision to aid Turkey in the face of American sanctions against the country may finally be a snub too far for its close relationship with the US.
New! Mega sports events wash your government’s tarnished reputation whiter-than-white.
It seems likely that football will remain a pawn in an intensifying proxy war.
Without strategic clarity from the US, the Saudis and their allies are under little pressure to thaw their frozen relationship with Qatar.
Political ethics and sports don’t match well. The recent deal between Rwanda and Arsenal is potentially a case in point.
The Libyan warlord and presidential hopeful looks likely to avoid a summons to The Hague.
There are strong signs that Riyadh has begun a campaign to promote regime change. But the Saudi strategy appears to be backfiring.
Kuwait has first-hand experience of how financial and political shocks can stifle investor confidence in the entire region.
When it comes to foreign policy, Saudi Arabia has recently become far more aggressive. A historian of the modern Middle East sees three possible causes for the shift.
Everyone can stop talking about money for a few months. But expect more records to be set next year.
Despite US threats, Iran seems to have emerged more powerful than ever, expanding its sphere of influence in the Gulf region and in the Levant.
When financial times are tight, only those with soft power ambitions can see the economic sense in World Cups or Olympic Games.
Financial Fair Play rules require clubs’ spending to match their earnings.
It’s all to do with PSG’s Qatari owners.
When the network launched in 1996, it radically changed the media landscape of the Arab world. Two decades later, some regimes are still seething.
No nation can truly feel secure without its own food supply.
As a crackdown on Qatar goes off half-cocked, the world is worrying Saudi Arabia’s new order could be even more dangerous.
The news of Saif al-Islam’s release should be taken with a pinch of salt. During the past six years of warfare in Libya the fabrication of news has become common practice.
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Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy, SKEMA Business School
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor and Chair of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Principal Research Fellow in Sociology of Sport, University of Brighton
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Gulf University for Science and Technology
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Associate Professor, Defence Studies Department, King's College London
