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Challenges to Re-Structuring Iran's Energy Industry
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Ad hoc macro policies to generate added value revenue from crude oil, in part by investing in petrochemicals, drives Iran's energy sector to mitigate the impact of US-led sanctions. Similar policies aim to offer crude oil ...
Prospects for Alternative Energy in the Gulf
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The Middle East region holds the world's largest oil and natural gas proven reserves. Several Middle-Eastern states are major oil producers and consumers. Given price fluctuations and environmental concerns, many countries ...
Key Issues for Long Term Climate Policy Design in Gulf Countries with Focus on Qatar
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
We analyze the challenges and options of designing an efficient global climate policy for GCC countries. We review the exposure of GCC countries to climate risks and the mitigation and adaptation options at their disposal. ...
Emerging Transnational Identities: Indian Skilled Migration in the UAE
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
India has been the source of the largest annual outflows to the GCC countries. The increasing significance of GCC countries as a destination for migrant workers is illustrated by the change in total migrant stock in those ...
Reverse Orientalism? French Salafis' Fascination with Saudi Arabia
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Recently, French Muslims have been seen by several media outlets and politicians to be increasingly influenced by some of the understandings of Islam generated in Saudi Arabia. While some connections do undoubtedly ...
Yemen, the wound that still bleeds in the Middle East
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
In 2011 Yemen began a process of profound political-social changes. At that time, various actors of the multiform civil society mobilized, achieving the removal of their president, who for more than thirty years had governed ...
Comments on Transnational Generations
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Motives for Choosing to Study in International Branch Campuses in Qatar: Focusing on Nationalities in "National-minority States"
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This paper clarifies the motives of students to study in International Branch Campuses (IBCs) in Qatar. In Qatar, a lot of IBCs have been established in Education City, for example, Georgetown University, Carnegie Mellon ...
An Integrated Quay Crane Assignment and Scheduling Problem Using Branch-and-Price
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
This paper investigates the integrated quay crane assignment and scheduling problem (QCASP). The problem requires determining the assignment of quay cranes to vessels and the scheduling of operations to be performed by ...
Secret communication on the Z-Channel with cooperative receivers
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
The discrete memoryless Z-Channel with a confidential message and a cooperative receiver (DM-ZC-CMCR) is considered. A noiseless one-sided rate-limited cooperation link exists between the two receivers. The secrecy level ...