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    • Tujjar in the Gulf: Changes in Political Influence 

      Menon, Lakshmi Venugopal ( Springer , 2023 , Book chapter)
      Since the oil boom in the 1970s, the Gulf region has witnessed tremendous growth. Today, the GCC countries have an impressive collective 85% urbanization. This paper argues that merchant-ruler relations and the transnational ...

    • Revisiting the economic theory of crime A state-level analysis in India 

      Raj, Pranav; Rahman, Md Mizanur ( 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 ...

    • Shellyseer: A Literary Evolution 

      Saber, Fathieh Hussam ( Springer , 2023 , Book chapter)
      The dramatic elements that are in Shellyseer have traveled for a long period of time and have been affected by dramatic elements from different cultures, which means that Shellyseer is a result of the evolution of drama. ...

    • Russia-GCC economic relations: When quality matters more than quantity 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay ( SETA Foundation , 2021 , Article)
      During the last five years, Russian relations with the GCC have developed on a largely positive trajectory. Even Moscow's decision to leave the OPEC+ agreement and launch a price war with Saudi Arabia in March 2020 did not ...

    • Sanctions and the Socio-Economic Roots of Iran's Domestic Instability (2010-2020) 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay ( Springer , 2022 , Book chapter)
      Since 2006 (if not before), sanctions imposed by the US and some other countries on Iran were aimed at depriving Tehran of financial sources allowing the country's leadership to buy the loyalty of its population. And, at ...

    • Russia's Relations with the GCC and Iran 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay ( Springer Singapore , 2021 , Book)
      This book offers insight into the motives behind Moscow's behaviour in the Persian Gulf (with a specific focus on the GCC member states and Iran), considering Russia's growing role in the Middle East and its desire to ...

    • Social Science and Humanities in Future University 

      Zweiri, Mahjoob; Menon, Lakshmi Venugopal ( Springer International Publishing , 2023 , Book chapter)
      A strong argument for the need of a systematic road map to the Universities of the Future, in the context of radical disruptions such as globalization, the COVID-19 pandemic, and its resultant virtual learning trends, is ...

    • Qatar: Energy abundance and small powers 

      Dogan-Akkas, Betul ( Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. , 2022 , Book chapter)
      The chapter will examine Qatar's strategic thinking and power projection through its journey of combining small statehood and abundant energy sources. This comprehensive approach combines Qatar's foreign policy making and ...

    • Perceptions and attitudes of Qatar University students regarding the utility of arabic and english in communication and education in Qatar 

      Mustafawi, Eiman; Shaaban, Kassim; Khwaileh, Tariq; Ata, Katsiaryna ( Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2022 , Article)
      This study investigates the linguistic attitudes and perceptions of Qatar University students regarding the utility and vitality of the two languages that define the education and communication scenes in Qatar, namely, ...

    • Social Change and Transformation in the Gulf Region 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur; Al-Azm, Amr ( Springer , 2023 , Book chapter)
      Social change is an integral part of human social behavior and a phenomenon that is continuously happening around us. We constantly challenge existing social structures and institutions and transform them by contesting the ...

    • Risk categorization and decision prioritization for climate change impacts: A rapid risk assessment methodology applied in the State of Qatar 

      Cochrane, Logan; Al-Hababi, Reem ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      The impacts of climate change vary by location and severity, will be experienced over a range of timescales, and governments are not equally able to respond to risks and hazards in the same way. Yet, despite the rapid ...

    • Iran's Trade with Neighbors: Sanctions' Impact and the Alternatives 

      Zweiri, Mahjoob; Abusharar, Nael ( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2022 , Article)
      This article investigates whether sanctions have changed or influenced Iran's trade patterns, focusing on neighboring countries. The study concentrates first on the United Arab Emirates (UAE), considered Iran's main regional ...

    • Not Just hydrocarbons: Japan's multifaceted foreign policy approaches towards the GCC states 

      Matsuda, Kazuto; Kozhanov, Nikolay ( 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 ...

    • Introduction : GCC Hydrocarbon Economies and COVID 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay ( 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 ...

    • Introduction : China's Economic and Political Presence in the Middle East and South Asia 

      Zaccara, Luciano; Haghirian, Mehran ( Taylor and Francis , 2022 , Book chapter)
      This book assesses China's economic and political presence in the Middle East and South Asia with a particular focus on Beijing's relations with the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, ...

    • Introduction : Russia's Relations with the GCC and Iran 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay ( Springer Singapore , 2021 , Book chapter)
      During the last five years, Russian relations with the GCC demonstrated a strong tendency for positive development. Even Moscow's decision to leave the OPEC + agreement and launch a price war with Saudi Arabia in March ...

    • Gulf's Migrant Workers Amidst Covid-19 and Workforce Nationalization: A Focus on Qatar's Social Protection Systems 

      Menon, Lakshmi Venugopal ( 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 ...

    • Migration, debt, and transnational livelihood: Indian labour diasporas in the GCC states amid the pandemic 

      Raj, Pranav; Rahman, Md Mizanur ( Routledge , 2023 , Article)
      South Asian labour migration to the GCC States is a debt-financed migration in which labour diasporas mobilise resources from a variety of sources, often at exorbitant interest rates, to cover migration costs. In the event ...

    • Migrants, Refugees, and Displaced Persons in the Middle East and North Africa: An approach from the Global South. 

      Zaccara, Luciano; Dos Santos Gonçalves, Maria Do Carmo ( Scalabriniano Center for Migratory Studies , 2021 , Article)
      This article aims to introduce aspects involved in studies on migratory dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In this sense, we present some historical dynamics for defining the territories of what is ...

    • Gender and the return migration process: Gulf returnees in Ghana 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur; Salisu, Mohammed ( 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 ...