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Economic Development in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: From Rentier States to Diversified Economies
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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 ...
The impact of COVID-19 on Iranian politics
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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 Arabs and Iranians : What Went Wrong? And Why?
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Brill
, 2020 , Article)
Using the longue durée approach to history, this paper reflects on the long history of Arab-Iranian interactions and identifies three key historical developments which had a defining role in shaping mutual Arab-Iranian ...
From Ahmadinejad to Rouhani: Iran’s Presence in Africa
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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 ...
COVID-19 AND THE FUTURE OF THE GLOBAL SYSTEM: SHIFTING-SANDS OR EARTHQUAKE
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Center for Strategic Research & Antalya Diplomacy Forum Republic of Turkey - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
, 2020 , Book chapter)
As we witness the pandemic of COVID-19, we are also observing a rising trend that is becoming a scholarly pandemic. It is the pandemic of overstating the current moment of COVID-19 as a cause of global transformations. It ...
Deconstructing the Gulf Crisis: Post-Colonialism and Competing ‘Projects’ in the Middle East
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SETA Foundation
, 2020 , Article)
This article deconstructs the stated reasons behind the quartet’s blockade on Qatar, including i) Iranian-relations; ii) funding ‘terror;’ iii) supporting ‘political Islam’ –Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, etc.; and iv) ...
مناهج الدراسات الاجتماعية وقضايا الهوية الوطنية : في قطر بعد حصار عام 2017
(2020 , Article)
تركـز الدراسـةعلى المقارنـة بيـن محـددات الهويـة الوطنيـة في مناهـج الدراسـات الاجتماعيـة للمرحلـة الابتدائيـة بدولـة قطـر، وقـد تكوّنـت عينـة البحـث مـن مناهـج الدراسـات الاجتماعيـة للصـف الأول حتـى السـادس الابتدائـي ...
Funding liquidity risk and banks' risk-taking: Evidence from Islamic and conventional banks
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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
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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 ...