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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 ... -
Economic Diversification Trends in the Gulf: the Case of Saudi Arabia
( Springer Nature , 2022 , Article Review)A national economy which is dependent on income from just one source is vulnerable, especially when that income comes from non-renewable resources. The sustainable prosperity of an economy thus relies on the successful ... -
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. -
ePortfolio Integration in Teacher Education Programs: Does Context Matter from a Student Perspective?
( IGI Global , 2012 , Book chapter)Though ePortfolios have grown in acceptance by teacher education programs across the United States, there still remain many questions regarding whether the tools are meeting student and teacher education program needs. ... -
Europe's Dystopia: The Exploitation of Unaccompanied and Separated Child Refugees
( Pluto Journals , 2018 , Article)This article highlights the exploitation of unaccompanied and separated child refugees in Europe. Critically, the European Union has a manifest responsibility to child refugees, as outlined in both the Geneva Convention ... -
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 ... -
From Ahmadinejad to Rouhani: Iran’s Presence in Africa
( Springer , 2020 , Book chapter)This article explains the drivers behind Iran’s overtures to Africa, and the dynamics of its presence in the continent. Focusing on Senegal as a case study, this article contends that the compound international sanctions ... -
From the Renewed Policy of Sport Mega Events to Prosumerism: Articulating the challenges faced by the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference)Although research has long focused upon Sport Mega Events (SMEs) in the Global North, it is only in recent decades that a similar level of scrutiny has been applied to SMEs outside of this region, and particularly those ... -
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 ... -
Gender and Return Migration: Gulf Returnees in Ghana
( College of Arts and Sciences - Gulf Studies Center , 2021 , Unpublished Work)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 ... -
Gender and the return migration process: Gulf returnees in Ghana
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)Labour migration in the context of South-South migration is generally conceived as a multidimensional process that comprises three distinct subprocesses: emigration, immigration, and return migration. There is growing ... -
Gulf householding: implications of gulf migration for social reproduction
( Taylor & Francis , 2024 , Article)This paper introduces the idea of ‘Gulf householding’ to reflect on migrant households that send their members to the Arab Gulf states for work and rely on material and non-material supports for formation and sustenance ... -
Gulf Migrants Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for the Global South
( Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) , 2022 , Article)As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, countries in the global South face an unprecedented challenge of holding back the spiralling COVID-19 cases. The challenge has become even more formidable in containing the virus among ... -
Gulf Studies: The Imperatives of Area Studies in the Gulf Region
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)Area Studies is in crisis, but research on Area Studies also demonstrates the relevance of and need for Area Studies through case studies in different world regions. However, there is a dearth of research on the imperatives ... -
How the Iranian Regime Survived: Examining Internal and External Strategies
( SET VAKFI İktisadi İşletmesi, SETA VAKFI , 2021 , Article)Following the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018 and the reimposition of economic sanctions, Iran witnessed public unrest that threatened the survival ... -
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 ... -
Illegal Fishing and Piracy in the Horn of Africa: The Role of the MENA region
( Oxford University Press (OUP) , 2018 , Book chapter)The Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean have always been vital routes for world navigation and traveling. These waters are particularly important for most of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa. This ... -
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 Impact of Migrant Remittances on Economic Growth in Arab Countries
( Scholink Inc , 2019 , Article)The potential role that workers’ remittances are likely to play in promoting economic growth, especially in Arab countries, is currently attracting considerable attention. These remittances have an impact on the remitting ... -
India, Islamophobia, and the Hindutva playbook
( Manchester University Press , 2022 , Book chapter)Among the most disingenuous and carefully orchestrated playbook strategies of the Hindutva fascist movement in India, of which the current Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is part and parcel, is ...
