The Guarded Domains

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey offers an incisive and thought-provoking analysis by James M. Dorsey of the geopolitics in a swath of land stretching from Africa's Atlantic coast across the Middle East and Central Asia to the borders of China

Reporting on foreign policy, Washington, and the U.S. administration.

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

I'm an historian who writes about politics, history, and culture of Iran and the Middle East. Also about television, books, and whatever catches my fancy.