Gulf Studies
Recent Submissions
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COMPARING AL JAZEERA ENGLISH AND CNN ONLINE NEWS COVERAGE OF US-TALIBAN TALKS IN QATAR
(2025 , Master Thesis)The US-Taliban talks in Doha was one of the historic mediations ever hosted by a Gulf state in recent times. This thesis applied Johan Galtung's war and peace journalism framework to analyse how two major news outlets, Al ... -
REASSESSING THE CENTRALITY OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE TO NON-HYDROCARBON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE GCC (1980-2021): AN EMPIRICAL SECTORAL ANALYSIS
(2025 , Dissertation)Political economy literature on the Gulf frequently asserts that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies-Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-are heavily dependent on government ... -
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MIGRATION TO THE GCC STATES: A CASE OF QATAR
(2025 , Dissertation)Over the past couple of decades, there has been a discernible and upward swing in 'student mobility' throughout the world. It is evident from various statistics that Western/European universities remain the most popular ... -
QATARI WOMEN LEADERS: CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES
(2025 , Dissertation)Qatar’s ongoing national development has brought notable advances in education, infrastructure, and gender inclusion. However, Qatari women remain significantly underrepresented in leadership positions across business, ... -
QATAR'S 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP: SPORTS DIPLOMACY, SOFT POWER AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF GLOBAL NARRATIVES
(2025 , Dissertation)This dissertation focuses on analyzing how Qatar utilized soft power projection, geopolitical influence and strategic sports diplomacy as a tool via the 2022 FIFA World cup. Qatar was the first Arab and Middle Eastern ... -
THE ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS IN IMPROVING HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS OF THE STATE OF QATAR
(2025 , Dissertation)This study provides a theoretically informed analysis of the human rights situation in the State of Qatar by using both secondary and interview data as main sources of evidence. Moreover, two different theories were used ... -
THE IRAQI COMMUNIST PARTY IN POST-2003 IRAQI DYNAMICS: IDEOLOGICAL SHIFTS AND PROCESSES OF CHANGE
(2025 , Master Thesis)This thesis studies the Iraqi Communist party in post-2003 Iraqi dynamics. It explores the party's ideological shifts and attempts to track the processes of change it underwent. Using a qualitative, content analysis strategy ... -
SUDANESE TRANSIENT LABOR MIGRATION TO QATAR: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN SUDAN
(2025 , Dissertation)The established primary incentive structure of South-South migration compels transient labor migrants in host destination countries to sustain relationships and connections with their families in their countries of origin. ... -
SOFT POWER PROJECTION IN LANGUAGE POLICY DISCOURSE: EVIDENCE FROM THE DISCOURSES OF QATAR UNIVERSITY'S 2012 LANGUAGE POLICY
(2025 , Dissertation)In 2012, Arabic was re-introduced as the medium of instruction at Qatar University's Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences undergraduate programs, taking the language to its default status. This course of action comes when ... -
THE ILLICIT TRADE AND TRAFFICKING OF CULTURAL PROPERTY: DEMAND, LEGISLATIVE, AND TRANSNATIONALITY PARADIGMS FROM THE GCC REGION
(2025 , Dissertation)The looting and trafficking of cultural property is an age-old issue. (Szopa, 2005) Cultural property looting has been recorded during ancient times, the Napoleonic wars, the revolutions, the colonial and imperial periods, ... -
MALAYALAM VS. ENGLISH: CASE OF KERALITE FAMILIES IN QATAR
(2025 , Dissertation)This dissertation investigates the linguistic practices of the Keralite community in Qatar, with a focus on the interplay between Malayalam and English. Employing methods such as interviews, participant observations, and ... -
INSTITUTIONALISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF RESOURCE-BASED DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARAB GULF STATES: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
(2025 , Dissertation)This study aimed to address a theoretical and practical issue in Gulf and Middle East studies, namely the dominance of the rentier paradigm in understanding the relationship between natural resource abundance and socio-economic ... -
MEGA SPORTS EVENTS AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: THE CASE OF QATAR WORLD CUP 2022
(2025 , Master Thesis)This study investigates how hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup contributed to the development of national identity in Qatar. Despite being the first Middle Eastern country to host this mega-sporting event, the impact of this ... -
DIFFERENTIATING FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGIES IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA: THE DECISION-MAKING CALCULUS TOWARDS IRAN
(2024 , Dissertation)This dissertation comparatively analyses the foreign policy strategies of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates by focusing on the decision-making calculus towards Iran over a five-decade ... -
THE IMPACT OF NEWSROOMS' DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ON MEDIA ORGANISATIONS AND AUDIENCES CASE STUDY: AL JAZEERA MEDIA NETWORK (2006-2020)
(2024 , Dissertation)Recent modifications in technology and innovation are considered nowadays to have dramatically changed the media scene. Developments in the Internet and social media platforms have provided users with unprecedented ... -
DE-ESSENTIALISING JAPAN-GCC STATES RELATIONS BEYOND THE HYDROCARBON TRADE: JAPAN'S COMPLEX INTERDEPENDENCE WITH OMAN
(2024 , Master Thesis)The international relations of the GCC states have strengthened and developed multifaceted ties with East Asian countries-including Japan-over the last two decades. While experts have studied these developing policy ... -
Women’s Representation in The Core Curriculum Courses of The History of Qatar and Islamic Culture at Qatar University
(2021 , Master Thesis)Women and education are two major focal areas in Qatar’s development agenda. In 2008, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani launched the Qatar National Vision 2030, which foregrounded gender equality and the ability ... -
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION OF WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN QATAR
(2024 , Master Thesis)The digital revolution and the dominance of social media platforms have provided an opportunity for women's empowerment. As these platforms make information access easier and offer venues for expressing social, political ... -
US, IRAN, AND SAUDI ARABIA: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF STIMULUS RESPONSE THEORY: 2009 - 2020
(2024 , Master Thesis)The thesis presents an empirical analysis of the impact of the US foreign policy toward Iran on Iran's foreign policy toward Saudi Arabia, namely during the Obama and Trump presidencies, by adopting the action-reaction ... -
CITIZEN-STATE RELATIONS IN QATAR IN THE AGE OF AUSTERITY
(2024 , Dissertation)With the uncertainty of oil prices since 2014, the Gulf States found themselves in a daunting position. Imposing taxation and subsidies reforms would be one possible way of achieving the objective of economic stability. ...
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