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A COMPARISON OF TURKEY AND IRAN’S SOFT POWER IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) COUNTRIES
(2016 , Master Thesis)
In the recent years other forms of power have been implemented and gained significant successes in the international relations. With that regard, the term “Soft Power”, introduced by Joseph Nye, has come to forefront to ...
Views of the Gulf Cooperation Council among Qatari and Other Gulf Nationals
(
The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University
, 2016 , Report)
Here we examine the orientations of Qatari citizens toward the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) as revealed in a pan-GCC survey conducted in 2016. We assess
general attitudes toward the Council as an institution, toward ...
The Role of the GCC Countries in Ending Piracy in the Horn of Africa
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Center for Research and Policy Studies
, 2016 , Article)
Piracy in the Horn of Africa has had a far-reaching security and economic impact both globally and regionally. The World Bank estimated that between 2008 and 2012, the global economy lost $18 billion annually due to Somali ...
Qatar’s first elections since 2017 reveal unexpected impact of GCC crisis
(
Al-Monitor
, 2019 , Article)
Turnout in the Qatari municipal election has declined, suggesting a Qatari citizenry that is slightly less engaged in the formal political process in the wake of the GCC crisis.
Instruments of energy subsidy reforms in Arab countries — The case of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
© 2019 Energy subsidies can account for a large share of government expenditures in some GCC countries. In light of fiscal imbalances since 2014, these countries have reiterated their intention to decrease subsidies and ...
Sustainable development in the Arab world–is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region fit for the challenge?
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and the wider Arab world are faced with multiple interconnected dilemmas embedded in the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable development. The question of how ...
Water, energy and food supply security in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries-A risk perspective
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article Review)
Supply systems for water, energy and food in the Gulf region are becoming highly interlinked. In the last decades, interdependence was evident in the increase of coproduction plants and the cross-sectoral resource use ...
Determinants of Intra-GCC Food Trade
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Taylor and Francis Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
Using panel data for six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 1995-2014, we assess the impacts of several major economic variables on intra-GCC food exports, and on GCC food exports to the world. The GCC customs ...
Las políticas de ciudadanía en los estados del Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo
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Grupo de Estudios de Relaciones Internacionales (GERI)
, 2017 , Article)
This article explores the legal frameworks of citizenship and naturalization of the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and analyzes how they have been used since the creation of modern states to the present, with ...
LOS PAÍSES DEL CONSEJO DE COOPERACIÓN DEL GOLFO E IRAQ
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AWRAQ Estudios sobre el mundo árabe e islámico contemporáneo
, 2016 , Article)
Relations between Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) countries and Iraq have been determined by the role that Iraq has played, both during the era of Saddam Hussein and after his fall. Having ...