Browsing Gulf Studies Center Research by Title

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    • Covid-19 in Qatar: Well Versed in Crisis Management 

      Jones, Marc Owen ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      As of April 13th 2020, Qatar has 2979 positive cases of Covid-19. Like a number of other countries, Qatar was caught off guard by the novel respiratory virus. Initially assessed as posing a low risk to the country, the ...

    • Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia: Beyond the health crisis 

      Occhiuto, Antonino ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      The Covid-19 pandemic is already exerting a heavy economic toll on all areas of the world. The energy producing countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) make no exception. In Saudi Arabia, the economic impact of the ...

    • Covid-19 in War-Ravaged Yemen: Ends or doubles the war? 

      Dogan-Akkas, Betul ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      Yemen is a suffering war zone since the beginning of the civil war in 2014, out of the clash between Yemeni government in Sana'a' and the Northern tribes, mainly, the Houthi insurgents. As of 2020, after two military ...

    • Covid-19, a Common Threat towards Intrusive Regionalism 

      Zakeri, Mahdokht ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      The Covid-19 pandemic news has become the top headline of almost all international media and the topic of everyday conversation among people. Coronavirus, like international terrorism is a global challenge to both states ...

    • Dealing with the Challenges: GCC Institutional Responses to the Covid-19 and Arab Spring 

      Zaccara, Luciano; Battaloglu, Nesibe Hicret ( 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. ...

    • Developing Culturally Aware School Leaders: Measuring the Impact of an International Internship Using the MGUDS 

      Richardson, Jayson, W.; Imig, Scott; Ndoye, Abdou ( SAGE Publications , 2013 , Article)
      Developing globally minded citizens has become a national push and a stated priority for many higher education institutions in the United States. This article focuses on one university’s efforts to develop globally minded ...

    • Development of Bangladeshi immigrant entrepreneurship in Canada 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur ( SAGE , 2018 , Article)
      Canada has developed a comprehensive immigration policy to accept different types of immigrants under its economic, family and humanitarian immigration categories. Canada invites over a quarter-million immigrants in a year. ...

    • 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 ...

    • Diversifying relationships: Russian policy toward GCC 

      Issaev, Leonid; Kozhanov, Nikolay ( Palgrave Macmillan , 2021 , Article)
      The interaction between Russia and Gulf countries represents the story of ups and downs, severe conflicts and sharp warmings that can largely be explained by the permanently changing role and place of each of these players ...

    • Dynamic Parametric and Nonparametric Hedging: Evidence from the Arab Gulf Equity Markets 

      Nekhili, Ramzi; Miniaoui, Hela ( EuroJournals , 2017 , Article)
      This paper examines the optimal hedging strategies in the Arab Gulf equity markets using a parametric and a nonparametric dynamic approaches in modeling the conditional variances and covariances of equity returns. The ...

    • Effect of pH on acidic and basic chelating agents used in the removal of iron sulfide scales: A computational study 

      Onawole, Abdulmujeeb T.; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A.; Saad, Mohammed A.; Mahmoud, Mohamed; Ahmed, Musa E.M.; ... more authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)
      Iron sulfide scale is a major challenge in the upstream section of the oil and gas industry. It is responsible for precipitate formation in tubulars, and it damages equipment. This leads to a loss in production. Mechanical ...

    • 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, ...

    • Energy Security and Diplomacy: A Double- Edged Sword. The Case Study of Saudi Arabia and Iran 

      Zweiri, Mahjoob; Al Qawasmi, Farah; James, Thomas Bonnie ( 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 ...

    • Entrepreneurship in ethnic enterprises: The making of new immigrant businesses in New York 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur; Alshawi, Ali A. Hadi; Hasan, Mehedi ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      Research on ethnic entrepreneurship has generated substantial literature on the development of ethnic businesses among different immigrant groups in North America. Such studies tend to focus on the emergence of immigrant ...

    • ePortfolio Integration in Teacher Education Programs: Does Context Matter from a Student Perspective? 

      Ndoye, Abdou; Parker, Michele A.; Ritzhaupt, Albert D. ( IGI Global , 2012 , Book chapter)
      Though ePortfolios have grown in acceptance by teacher education programs across the United States, there still remain many questions regarding whether the tools are meeting student and teacher education program needs. ...

    • Fostering a reading culture: evidence from Qatar Reads 

      Cochrane, Logan; Ozturk, Ozcan; Khataee, Hanieh; Al-Hababi, Reem; Al-Malki, Fatema; ... more authors ( Routledge , 2022 , Article)
      Qatar has experienced rapid economic development in recent decades and has made large investments in the education sector to improve learning outcomes. The Qatar National Vision of 2030 also aspires to encourage life-long ...

    • FROM RUSSIA'S MILITARY DEPLOYMENT IN SYRIA TO THE ASTANA PROCESS 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay ( Taylor and Francis , 2019 , Book chapter)
      The Russian stance on Syria is determined by the interplay of complex factors. First of all, Russian military deployment in this country should be considered as a serious attempt undertaken by Moscow to reclaim its status ...

    • GCC Hydrocarbon Economies and COVID: Old Trends, New Realities 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay; Young, Karen; Qanas, Jalal ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Book)
      The book considers the impact of COVID-19 on the GCC member states through the prism of challenges faced by their hydrocarbon sector. Yet, the publication's discourse is not solely focused on the problems experienced by ...

    • 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 ...

    • Geopolitics of the New Middle East: Perspectives from Inside and Outside 

      Aras, Bülent; Kardaş, Şaban ( Routledge , 2021 , Article)
      In the last decade, the broader Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regional security environment has been shaped by the cycle of insecurity and instability. The structural transformation in the MENA has unleashed such ...