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Successor to slain Palestinian negotiator is a hardliner who resides in Gaza’s tunnels and has no realistic chance of being in Doha for talks.
Recent events in the Middle East reveal internal divisions in both the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships.
Qatar has built goodwill – and business connections – around the world in recent decades.
Saudi Arabia is on track to host the football World Cup in 2034, raising concern among human rights campaigners.
Countries like Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Qatar all have a stake in the outcome of the war – but none want to be actively involved in fighting.
Is the much-heralded Israel-Saudi peace deal now dead? And how is Iran likely to respond? An expert in Middle Eastern politics explains
On its face, the decision to deny Qatar 21 flights into Australia suggests Australia is making decisions about international rights in order to protect the profit of an airline it hasn’t owned since 1995.
The government has not been able to convincingly explain its decision to refuse Qatar Airways’ bid to expand its flights to Australia.
One year away from the 2024 Olympic Games, the grim reality of climate change is impossible to deny. How do we make the mega-event sustainable and avoid the pitfalls of greenwashing?
Many feel the money could be better spent developing local sport.
The Qatar World Cup has attracted criticism of the country’s human rights. With Australia set to host the women’s world cup next year, there’s some work we need to do in this area, too.
A scholar of Middle Eastern cultural traditions explains the history and significance of the bisht.
During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, many highlighted the controversial and politicized climate of the tournament, but sport and politics are rarely, if ever, separable.
The World Cup is drawing to an end. Will the tournament be remembered for a Messi moment to rival that of Maradona’s? Or as a breakthrough yeah for African nations?
The ongoing corruption scandal in the EU Parliament casts a harsh light both on the practices of Qatar and on some of the flaws in the EU institutions.
Shock results happen, but that doesn’t make it any easier for lower-ranked nations to rise up the ranks, a soccer economist explains.
Starry-eyed claims such as “the World Cup brings down cultural barriers” simply do not stand up to scrutiny.
Some tourist destinations are very good at distracting from their questionable approach to civil liberties.
Studies show South Africa did a lot right when it hosted the football World Cup. Qatar can do the same if it learns from South Africa.
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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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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 Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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Associate Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Gulf University for Science and 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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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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Visiting Fellow, Brookings Doha Center and Professor of Politics, Queen's University Belfast
