Gulf Studies
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Ideational Factors in Turkey’s Alignment with Qatar and Their Impact on Regional Security
( Routledge , 2021 , Article)Turkey and Qatar have developed exceptionally cordial relations and aligned their foreign policies on many regional issues. In the 2017 Gulf crisis, despite the risk of incurring material losses and sacrificing relations ... -
Gender and Return Migration: Gulf Returnees in Ghana
( College of Arts and Sciences - Gulf Studies Center , 2021 , Working Paper)Labor migration in the Global South is generally conceived as a multidimensional process that comprises three distinct subprocesses: emigration, immigration, and return migration. There is growing consensus that return ... -
COVID-19 and Migrants in the GCC states: Challenges, responses and key lessons
( College of Arts and Sciences - Gulf Studies Center , 2021 , Working Paper)As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, the GCC countries face an unprecedented challenge of controlling the spiralling COVID-19 cases. The challenge has become even more formidable in containing the virus among non-national ... -
The Iranian foreign policy in turbulent times: The Arab uprisings, the nuclear deal and the GCC crisis
( Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración , 2021 , Article)Using the Foreign Policy Analysis framework and the concept of Authoritative Decision Units, this article analyzes three cases that required an Iranian response: the Arab Uprisings, the nuclear negotiations, and the 2017 ... -
The impact of COVID-19 on Iranian politics
( Bristol University Press , 2020 , Article)The first city officially affected by COVID-19 was Iran’s religious centre, Qom, on 19 February 2020. However, as this paper shows, Qom is not only the Islamic Republic’s most important city when it comes to religious ... -
The small Gulf States: Foreign and security policies before and after the Arab spring
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book)Small states are often believed to have been resigned to the margins of international politics. However, the recent increase in the number of small states has increased their influence and forced the international community ... -
The foreign policies of the small Gulf states: An exception in small states' behaviours?
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)This chapter discusses the emergence of the small Gulf States as small powers in the region and concludes by assessing the sustainability of the small Gulf States' foreign and security policies. Iran is the second regional ... -
Small states in the Gulf
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book reviews the theories of foreign and security policy analysis and the way they could be applied to small ... -
Theories of small states' foreign and security policies and the Gulf States
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)The interest in small states' foreign and security policies has been cyclical and is a reflection of the evolution of the international system. During the decolonization period between the 1950s and 1970s, the main interest ... -
Using learning analytics to assess student learning in online courses
( University of Wollongong , 2016 , Article)Learning analytics can be used to enhance student engagement and performance in online courses. Using learning analytics, instructors can collect and analyze data about students and improve the design and delivery of ... -
Contemporary Qatar : Examining State and Society
( Springer , 2021 , Book)This book addresses critical topics and unanswered questions on the contemporary state of Qatar. Drawing together a unique combination of authors that have researched the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in general, and the ... -
Culture, social contestation and Turkey's failed coup: The rivalry of social imaginaries
( SETA , 2016 , Article)This article explores the processes involved in the emergence of rival social imaginaries, as they develop in a cultural ecosystem, relating it to Turkey’s failed coup. To accomplish that, it unravels how people construct ... -
Iran and political dynamism in the arab world: The case of Yemen
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2016 , Article)This article examines the role of Iran in Yemen within the context of Arab-Iranian relations. It also examines the debate on the involvement of Iran in the ongoing political developments in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria. The ... -
Economic Drivers of the GCC Investments in the Horn of Africa Region
( Gulf Studies Center , 2019 , Other)This paper discusses the economic drivers of the GCC investments in the Horn of Africa region. -
Funding liquidity risk and banks' risk-taking: Evidence from Islamic and conventional banks
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of funding liquidity risk on the risk-taking behaviour of Islamic and conventional banks. Using bank-level and country-level data from 18 countries over the period ... -
Food Security in the GCC Countries: Towards a More Diversified and Sustainable Economic Development
( Springer Nature , 2020 , Book chapter)This chapter examines the challenges and opportunities for food security in GCC countries and shed lights on the strategies undertaken by these countries to enhance their domestic food security. These include the measures ... -
Economic Development in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: From Rentier States to Diversified Economies
( Springer Nature , 2020 , Book)This book delves into the economic development of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Since the 1960s, the GCC states have harnessed their potential to exploit the wealth accrued from the oil boom to build ... -
Principal selection for Qatar's government schools: Policy makers', principals' and teachers' perspectives
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2019 , Article)Research indicates that principals are critical in school reform since the implementation of policies and practices is to a large extent determined by the role that principals play in educational change. This study examines ... -
Kuwait Islamists: From Institutionalized to Informal Opposition
( ministry of research, science and technology , 2019 , Article)This article analyses the evolution of the Islamist political associations and groups, both Shiites and Sunnis since the independence of Kuwait in 1962 to the last legislative elections which was held in 2016. It tries to ... -
Iran and the Intra-GCC Crisis: Risks and Opportunities
( foundation for european progressive studies , 2019 , Article)The intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) crisis started in late May 2017 with the blockade implemented by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt against Qatar, due to its alleged support for terrorist ...
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