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Dealing with the Challenges: GCC Institutional Responses to the Covid-19 and Arab Spring
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
Like it happened after the Arab Uprisings in 2011, a development originated outside the GCC region-the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic-directly affected all its members and required a quick reaction from the authorities. ...
Introduction : GCC Hydrocarbon Economies and COVID
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
The negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the hydrocarbon producers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is raising serious questions about the need to change the focus of Gulf energy security from the necessity ...
Energy Security and Diplomacy: A Double- Edged Sword. The Case Study of Saudi Arabia and Iran
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
Conflicts of energy security have consumed a large fraction of the global agenda and political debates in recent years. Traditionally, the insta- bility in the Middle East has been constructed by a weave of colonial ...
Challenges Facing the Gulf Petroleum Industry: Covid-19, New Technologies, Energy Transition
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
The outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic and the resulting economic downturn have undermined the already weakened position of the global oil and gas industry. Since the transportation sector depends on 60 percent of energy ...
Gulf's Migrant Workers Amidst Covid-19 and Workforce Nationalization: A Focus on Qatar's Social Protection Systems
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
In the early 1970s, oil prices skyrocketed and the resource-rich Gulf states pursued infrastructural development. This created a massive labor demand in the construction, infrastructure, and oil sectors. Foreign labor ...
Gulf Energy Security During the COVID- 19: From the Security of Supply to the Security of Demand
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
During 2019-2020, neither the outbreak of coronavirus nor growing domestic issues were able to prevent the US and Iran from continuing their confrontation. While being nothing of a new, these tensions unintentionally ...
Expatriate mobility, firm recruitment and local context: Skilled international migration to the rapidly globalizing city of Dubai.
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Routledge
, 2017 , Book chapter)
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In today’s global knowledge economy, competition for the best and brightest workers has intensified. Highly skilled workers are an asset to companies, knowledge institutions, cities, and regions as they ...
Working and Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the GCC: India Migration Report 2016: Gulf Migration
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Routledge
, 2016 , Book chapter)
India Migration Report 2016 discusses migration to the Persian Gulf region. This volume:
• looks at contemporary labour recruitment and policy, both in India and in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries;
• ...