Gulf Studies
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SOFT POWER PROJECTION IN LANGUAGE POLICY DISCOURSE: EVIDENCE FROM THE DISCOURSES OF QATAR UNIVERSITY'S 2012 LANGUAGE POLICY
(2025 , Dissertation)In 2012, Arabic was re-introduced as the medium of instruction at Qatar University's Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences undergraduate programs, taking the language to its default status. This course of action comes when ... -
THE ILLICIT TRADE AND TRAFFICKING OF CULTURAL PROPERTY: DEMAND, LEGISLATIVE, AND TRANSNATIONALITY PARADIGMS FROM THE GCC REGION
(2025 , Dissertation)The looting and trafficking of cultural property is an age-old issue. (Szopa, 2005) Cultural property looting has been recorded during ancient times, the Napoleonic wars, the revolutions, the colonial and imperial periods, ... -
MALAYALAM VS. ENGLISH: CASE OF KERALITE FAMILIES IN QATAR
(2025 , Dissertation)This dissertation investigates the linguistic practices of the Keralite community in Qatar, with a focus on the interplay between Malayalam and English. Employing methods such as interviews, participant observations, and ... -
MEGA SPORTS EVENTS AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: THE CASE OF QATAR WORLD CUP 2022
(2025 , Master Thesis)This study investigates how hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup contributed to the development of national identity in Qatar. Despite being the first Middle Eastern country to host this mega-sporting event, the impact of this ... -
INSTITUTIONALISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF RESOURCE-BASED DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARAB GULF STATES: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
(2025 , Dissertation)This study aimed to address a theoretical and practical issue in Gulf and Middle East studies, namely the dominance of the rentier paradigm in understanding the relationship between natural resource abundance and socio-economic ... -
DIFFERENTIATING FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGIES IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA: THE DECISION-MAKING CALCULUS TOWARDS IRAN
(2024 , Dissertation)This dissertation comparatively analyses the foreign policy strategies of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates by focusing on the decision-making calculus towards Iran over a five-decade ... -
THE IMPACT OF NEWSROOMS' DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ON MEDIA ORGANISATIONS AND AUDIENCES CASE STUDY: AL JAZEERA MEDIA NETWORK (2006-2020)
(2024 , Dissertation)Recent modifications in technology and innovation are considered nowadays to have dramatically changed the media scene. Developments in the Internet and social media platforms have provided users with unprecedented ... -
DE-ESSENTIALISING JAPAN-GCC STATES RELATIONS BEYOND THE HYDROCARBON TRADE: JAPAN'S COMPLEX INTERDEPENDENCE WITH OMAN
(2024 , Master Thesis)The international relations of the GCC states have strengthened and developed multifaceted ties with East Asian countries-including Japan-over the last two decades. While experts have studied these developing policy ... -
Women’s Representation in The Core Curriculum Courses of The History of Qatar and Islamic Culture at Qatar University
(2021 , Master Thesis)Women and education are two major focal areas in Qatar’s development agenda. In 2008, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani launched the Qatar National Vision 2030, which foregrounded gender equality and the ability ... -
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION OF WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN QATAR
(2024 , Master Thesis)The digital revolution and the dominance of social media platforms have provided an opportunity for women's empowerment. As these platforms make information access easier and offer venues for expressing social, political ... -
US, IRAN, AND SAUDI ARABIA: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF STIMULUS RESPONSE THEORY: 2009 - 2020
(2024 , Master Thesis)The thesis presents an empirical analysis of the impact of the US foreign policy toward Iran on Iran's foreign policy toward Saudi Arabia, namely during the Obama and Trump presidencies, by adopting the action-reaction ... -
CITIZEN-STATE RELATIONS IN QATAR IN THE AGE OF AUSTERITY
(2024 , Dissertation)With the uncertainty of oil prices since 2014, the Gulf States found themselves in a daunting position. Imposing taxation and subsidies reforms would be one possible way of achieving the objective of economic stability. ... -
QATAR DIGITAL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN SOMALIA: FRAMING QATAR'S FOREIGN AID IN FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
(2024 , Dissertation)The State of Qatar has adopted soft power in its foreign policy to compensate for its geographical size and to preserve its national security. This gave the State of Qatar, as a small state, strength and a regional presence. ... -
QATAR MEDIATION STRATEGY: AFGHANISTAN AS A CASE STUDY
(2024 , Master Thesis)Qatar is a small Gulf state located in a critical geopolitical location. It gained its independence in the early 1970s, a time where the Gulf region was going through many incidents such as the Iranian Revolution, the ... -
MODERNIZATION AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION BY FEMALE FACULTY: THE CASE OF QATAR UNIVERSITY
(2024 , Dissertation)Qatar University has undergone significant modernization efforts in recent years, aiming to establish itself as a prominent center for knowledge production and dissemination in the Gulf region. This dissertation explores ... -
TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL CONTRACT IN SAUDI ARABIA FROM RENTIERISM TO NATIONALISM
(2023 , Master Thesis)This thesis examines the transformation of the Saudi social contract from rentierism to progressive and popular nationalism. Traditional Saudi rentier social contract was constructed based on three main pillars. The first ... -
MIGRATION DIPLOMACY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH - A CASE OF QATAR
(2023 , Master Thesis)This abstract discusses the impact of international migration on foreign policy-making, focusing on the host country Qatar and the home countries in the Arab and Asian regions. While research on migration has predominantly ... -
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL STATE: REMAKING QATAR'S FOREIGN RELATIONS APPROACH
(2023 , Master Thesis)The entrepreneurial development of Qatar, a small state, is an interesting phenomenon to explore within the concept of international relations. In recent times, there has been the emergence of newly prominent participants ... -
IRAN FOREIGN POLICY: HUMANITARIAN SOFT POWER AND THE SEARCH FOR STATUS IN GHANA
(2023 , Dissertation)While each of the dominant literature on Iran foreign policy offers segmented contributions to the Islamic Republic's relations with the outside world - and accordingly present contradictory directions for Iran - African ... -
DEFENSE STRATEGY OF QATAR 2013-2020
(2023 , Master Thesis)Instability in some parts of the world impacts governments in many aspects, particularly in defense, foreign policy, and economic strategies. Governments should identify threats and challenges to the state in tandem with ...
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