• Russia and the new security system in the Persian Gulf: Approach and strategy 

      Bijan, Aref ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      The region of the Persian Gulf, which is strategically important for the whole world, is experiencing extremely alarming trends. Ensuring security in the strategically important area of the Persian Gulf is one of the key ...
    • A Comparative Study of the Role of the Nation-State Building Process in the Middle East Crises; a Case Study of the Crisis in Bahrain, Iraq and Yemen 

      Hatef, Kamyar; Jaferi, Maryam ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      Political stability has always been the most important concern of the states. Political stability is equal with lack of serious threats and challenges that can put country in danger. Due to multiple reasons like; the lack ...
    • The Iraq-Iran war causes; a theoretical reexamination 

      Ghurab, Salem ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      On 22 September 1980, Iraqi forces started their invasion of Iran, heralding the longest conventional war in the twentieth century. A year earlier, both Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Ruhallah Khomeini in Iran consolidated ...
    • Disinformation as cybersecurity: a holistic approach 

      Jones, Marc Owen ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      Definitions of cybersecurity tend to differ on whether to include disinformation or misinformation. This intervention argues that disinformation is an important aspect within the context of critical security. Only a holistic ...
    • The 6th Annual Conference 2021 (Day1) 

      Aras, Bulent; Baabood, Abdullah; Dehghani, Hamid Reza; Abbasi, Fahimeh; Haghirian, Mehran; ... more authors ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Video)
      Session 1: Frameworks and Approaches to the Regional Security System in the Gulf - Session 2: Non-Conventional Security Aspects in the Gulf: Towards a Comprehensive Security - Session 3: Roles and Policies of the GCC States ...
    • The 6th Annual Conference 2021 (Day2) 

      Parmeter, Ian; Bukhari, Asiya; Owen Jones, Marc; Bijan, Aref; Ghurab, Salem; ... more authors ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Video)
      Session 4: Cyber Security in the Gulf - Session 5: External Actors and Case Studies
    • Emergence of Cyber Conflict and Cyber Security Resilient in Gulf region 

      Bukhari, Asiya ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      As conventional warfare grows increasingly obsolete, the future of combat will undoubtedly shift towards the domain of cyberspace. Cyber-attack is a new contrivance of national supremacy. It offers a means of intimidation, ...
    • The GCC from the hegemony of one to the balance of power to all 

      Altiok, Huzeyfe; Baycar, Hamdullah ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was founded by six monarchies to protect the small members from regional threats, namely Iran and Iraq. However, the failure of the GCC to stop the Kuwaiti invasion questioned the organisation's ...
    • Countering The Growing Cyber Threat To Gulf Security 

      Parmeter, Ian ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      The global threat of cyber attacks from hostile international and domestic actors against states, commercial enterprises and private individuals is rising exponentially. Foreign states use cyber operations against governments, ...
    • Reconfiguring the Regional Security Architecture in the Persian Gulf: Intra-GCC Conflicts, Relations with Iran, and Great Power Interests 

      Haghirian, Mehran ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      The member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)- were often characterized as being a part of a singular unit and assumed to be following ...
    • Turkey and the GCC region in the aftermath of Al-Ula Summit 

      Aras, Bulent ( 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 ...
    • Red Sea security as Gulf security: building a new regional order in the Red Sea 

      Sánchez, Victoria Silva ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      During the past few years, the Red Sea has attracted increased attention from both scholars and policymakers due to several events of regional importance. However, this novelty approach neglects a long and deep history of ...
    • Regional inclusive mechanism for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region; Bringing 'Pipe Dreams' to Reality 

      Baabood, Abdullah ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is going through an existential crisis due to a complex, multifaceted historical and new entrenched set of reasons. The root causes of the current situation are rife in the ...
    • The Existing Initiatives to Establish Regional Security Arrangement in the Region Towards a Desirable Model 

      Dehghani, Hamid Reza; Abbasi, Fahimeh ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      Security, stability, and cooperation are the missing links in our region. Over the last few decades, many attempts have been made to establish the security mechanism such as UNSCR 598, where requests UN Secretary- General ...
    • International military organizations of the Global South: comparing the Peninsula Shield Force, the Africa Standby Force, and the Southern Cross Combined Force 

      Ferreyra, Matías ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      In the post-Cold War era, only three international military organizations with standing headquarters made up exclusively of militaries of states in the Global South have emerged in the field of peace operations. These are ...
    • Qatar Defense Strategies 

      Al-Mohannadi, Fatma Hilal ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      Security become a crucial subject in the Arab world and Gulf region, particularly is that the security concept now include different aspects represent in social, cyber, economic and health security. So, the security of the ...
    • Toward a Constructivist Approach to the Gulf Region's Security 

      Yaghi, Mohammad ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      For long decades, the Gulf States have relied on the United States to provide security for their countries, but since the Obama's administration, the U.S. is signaling its intention to withdraw from the MENA region making ...
    • Toward New Architecture for Persian Gulf Order, Necessity of Overlapping the Human Security and State Security 

      Heiran-Nia, Javad ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      The security regimes in the Persian Gulf are mainly based on the realism that emphasizes statism. Accordingly, the security regimes have been trying to ensure the security of the state, and in its reduced form, the security ...
    • The role of the United Arab Emirates in the internationalization of the Yemeni conflict 

      Foyth, Joel ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      In 2011, tired of poverty and corruption, thousands of Yemenis mobilised to demand the departure of President Abdullah Saleh. After thirty years in power, Saleh signed his resignation, and an initially peaceful and promising ...
    • The Role of GCC Foreign Aid Policy in Enhancing the Regional Security: The Case of the State of Qatar 

      Bashir, Fadlh ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      This paper presents an important aspect of the regional security of the GCC region and the neighboring countries. It explores the use of foreign aid policy in GCC states, and the state of Qatar in particular, to enhance ...