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Navigating Troubled Waters: Experts' Views on GCC Challenges for Socio-Economic Recovery in the Post-Covid-19 Period
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The GCC economies are being seriously hit by the negative impact of low oil prices and spread of Covid-19 pandemic. The restrained inflow of oil incomes deepens the budget deficit of the countries and makes government ...
Building a Local Sport Identity: The World Cup and its implications on community sports in Qatar and Saudi Arabia
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar has resulted in more engagement in Qatar to promote local and domestic sport on different levels. Driven by the overarching goal to enhance and improve physical activities among the Qatari ...
Not Just hydrocarbons: Japan's multifaceted foreign policy approaches towards the GCC states
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2023 , Article)
This paper argues that in spite of the prevailing belief that the relations between Japan and the GCC states are primarily driven by the hydrocarbon trade, the Japanese authorities' efforts to strengthen their ties with ...
World Cup In Qatar As A Sport Diplomacy Instrument
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
Qatar has flourishing national image, particularly after its 37atalyst role in the Arab Spring and its conspicuous achievements in the field of infrastructure, media, technology, energy, diplomacy and public diplomacy. ...
Gender and the return migration process: Gulf returnees in Ghana
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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 ...
The Impact of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Iran: A Clean Sheet for Scoring Political Points
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
In this discussion, I examine the impact of Iran's qualification in the 2022 FIFA World Cup on the Iranian community. With the event being hosted in Qatar, a nation with which Iran has favourable diplomatic relations, ...
كوفید- 19 والتماسك الأسري: دراسة مقارنة بین قطر والسودان
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
لقد أثرت جائحة فیروس كورونا على العالم خلال الفترة من 2020 إلى 2022 ، وكان لھا تأثیر غیر مسبوق على الأنظمة الاجتماعیة والتعلیمیة والصحیة والاقتصادیة في جمیع دول العالم بسبب انتشارھا السریع. وقد شھدنا تحولات حادة أعاقت ...
It's just not cricket: what we can learn about Qatar's sports strategy by comparing the FIFA World Cup with other mass-participation sports
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
This paper sheds new light on the motivations and expectations of Qatar's hosting of FIFA 2022 Men's World Cup by comparing football with another popular sport in the country: cricket. In order to understand the particularities ...
Revisiting the economic theory of crime A state-level analysis in India
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Cogent OA
, 2023 , Article)
The economic theory of crime tends to suggest that deterrence variables have a significant impact on crime rates in a society. From an economic perspective, criminals are rational economic agents who weigh the likelihood ...
Turkey and the GCC region in the aftermath of Al-Ula Summit
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The Al-Ula Summit of January 5, 2021, officially brought the most recent Gulf crisis to an end after almost four years. Saudi Arabia's leadership was crucial in the GCC decision to normalize relations with Qatar. Last-minute ...