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Saudi Arabia and the Emirates' Quest for Alternative Energy: Geopolitics of the Nuclear Option
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Nuclear energy programs are under formalization in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with the UAE's first power plants due to be operational in 2020, and Saudi Arabia's program under development. A ...
The Impact of Growing China-GCC Cultural, Education, and Research Relations on Gulf Society
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Over the past 15 years Gulf China relations have grown exponentially and involved all manner of business, energy, trade, political, and cultural relations. As these two regions of major economic power draw away from ...
Iran, energy, and geopolitics in 2019: From "strategic patience" to "lose-lose"
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
In the geopolitical rivalry between Iran and the United States, energy is in the spotlight. Since the US exit from the nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA) in May 2018 and the launch of the "maximum ...
The Rise of Shale oil and Gas and the Renewables and the Prospects for the Future of GCC Energy Sector
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The rise of shale oil and gas, particularly in the United States, and its emergence
as the largest producer of oil and an exporter of natural gas and a modest amounts
of oil, has transformed the US as the net importer ...
The Geopolitics of Energy Transitions in Arab Gulf States
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The energy-based political economies of the Arab Gulf States are entering a period of significant change as a combination of domestic challenges and regional tensions intersect with the rise of a new generation of more ...
Where rhetoric meets reality: an ethnographic analysis of the sports education sector in Qatar
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This paper explores the growing provision of sports education in the state of Qatar. Since 2010, there has been a rapid increase in new courses in sports administration as part of wider, government-backed initiatives to ...
COVID-19 and Migrant Workers in the Gulf
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
As the global COVID-19 crisis unfolds, the Gulf countries faces an unprecedent challenge of containing the spread of the virus among the non-national residents. Since migrants in Gulf countries live primarily in labour ...
Russia's Energy Strategy and its Impact on Gulf Energy Markets
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The economies of Russia and the Gulf states are dependent on extraction and
export of their hydrocarbon resources. Saudi Arabia and Russia are the worlds
largest oil exporting countries, with Russia and Qatar the largest ...
Art in Contact Zone: The Trans-regional Cultural Policy Making in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and the Formation of New Artistic Movements
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Dubai and Doha attempt to be known as transcultural places. These cities try to be situations that Mary Louise Pratt named "contact zone". Mary Louise Pratt as a postcolonial theorist tries to use "contact zone" concept ...
Transnationalism and Intersectionality: Views and Experiences of Second-Generation Filipino Youth in UAE Cities
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Permanent temporariness experienced by Gulf migrants--especially among middle class professionals and their family members--has received increasing scholarly attention over the last decade. Some migrant scholars further ...