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    • Russia's Energy Strategy and its Impact on Gulf Energy Markets 

      Parmeter, lan; بارميتر, إيان ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      The economies of Russia and the Gulf states are dependent on extraction and export of their hydrocarbon resources. Saudi Arabia and Russia are the worlds largest oil exporting countries, with Russia and Qatar the largest ...

    • The privatization of Saudi ARAMCO and the future of national oil companies of the Gulf 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      On November 3, 2019, Saudi Arabia announced that the national oil company, Saudi Aramco, would be partially privatized. The process is scheduled to begin on November 17. This news made a lot of noise. First, for the first ...

    • Prospects for Alternative Energy in the Gulf 

      Bahgat, Gawdat G. ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      The Middle East region holds the world's largest oil and natural gas proven reserves. Several Middle-Eastern states are major oil producers and consumers. Given price fluctuations and environmental concerns, many countries ...

    • Challenges for Middle Eastern Petroleum Exports: Regional Conflicts or Internal Instability? 

      Abi-Aad, Naji; أبي عاد , ناجي ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      What are the main challenges impacting the exports of oil and gas from the Middle East to the global markets? The focus has always been on the regional conflicts such as the Arab oil embargoes applied in the aftermath ...

    • The Impact of Migrant Remittances on Economic Growth in Arab Countries 

      Ouni, Habib; Miniaoui, Hela ( Scholink Inc , 2019 , Article)
      The potential role that workers’ remittances are likely to play in promoting economic growth, especially in Arab countries, is currently attracting considerable attention. These remittances have an impact on the remitting ...

    • Saudi Arabia: More Room for Wahhabism Lite? 

      Aarts, Paul ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      The Saudi government was surprisingly quick to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the decisive measures it took was closing the holy sites of Mecca and Medina, something which had not happened since Napoleon invaded ...

    • 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 ...

    • The UAE-Israel Normalisation ''If you can't convince them, confuse them'' 

      Zweiri, Mahjoob ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      What was a secret marriage is now publicly announced to the world, as a strong relationship between the UAE and Israel, which has been normalized through the media on August 13, 2020. The UAE became the third Arab state - ...

    • The Sudden Cost of Unexpected Threats: The Novel Coronavirus and Dubai 

      Baycar, Hamdullah ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      The economy of Dubai is remarkable in that it has moved away from an oil-based to one in which 95% of its income is derived from non-oil sectors. This diversification has been possible thanks to the real estate, tourism, ...

    • Missed Opportunities: The Trump Administration, Iran, and the Coronavirus Pandemic 

      Cole, Juan ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      On the surface, the global coronavirus pandemic of 2020 might have offered the United States and Iran an opportunity to stand down from their virtual war footing. In the lead-up to the outbreak, Iran had shot down a US ...

    • Oman: Food Security in Times of Uncertainty 

      Hoetjes, Gertjan ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      As the protest illustrated, the affordability of food has been an issue of concern among Omani citizens. As a result of its arid climate, the salinity of the country's soil and water scarcity, there are restrictions to the ...

    • The Covid-19 Pandemic: Vulnerability of Migrant workers in the GCC States 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      The six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) contain some of the highest numbers of migrants of any country in the world. Estimated at as many ...

    • Impact of Gender-related Legal Regulations on Pursuing Sustainable Development: A study of Kuwait's National Development Plan (Vision 2035) 

      Suleiman, Muyassar Marwan H. ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      This paper seeks to analyze the impact of gender inequality on the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 as expressed in the UN Post-Millennium global program. More specifically, it aims to illustrate how gender equality and ...

    • Beh Tou Cheh? (What's It to You?): Feminist Challenges in Iranian Social Media 

      Batmanghelichi, Kristin Soraya ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Online feminist activism has opened a different path for ordinary Iranians who are not necessarily versed in post-revolutionary discourses on feminism and political activism nor are conversant with the names and past ...

    • Motives for Choosing to Study in International Branch Campuses in Qatar: Focusing on Nationalities in "National-minority States" 

      NAKAJIMA, Yusuke ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      This paper clarifies the motives of students to study in International Branch Campuses (IBCs) in Qatar. In Qatar, a lot of IBCs have been established in Education City, for example, Georgetown University, Carnegie Mellon ...

    • Special Economic Zone Experience Overseas? Industrial Parks and Ports in the Gulf and China's Presence 

      Zhou, Luyang ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      The Gulf countries have shifted to a new development paradigm in which more dynamics are pursued. The evolution of industrial parks and ports facilitates local development and boosts connectivity. As industrial parks and ...

    • GCC and Political Divide: An Analysis of Potentials and Risks 

      Moniruzzaman, M. ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since its establishment in 1981 has made tremendous achievements over the past forty years in economic, social, military, scientific and educational sectors which made the body to think ...

    • Expressing Identity through the Dressed Body: Iranian Migrants in the Gulf 

      GOTO, Manami ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Historically, communities have always travelled, traded, and intermarried across the Persian Gulf, resulting in the formation of transnational societies and material cultures. This paper focuses on migrants of Iranian ...

    • Emerging Transnational Identities: Indian Skilled Migration in the UAE 

      Bortolazzi, Omar ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      India has been the source of the largest annual outflows to the GCC countries. The increasing significance of GCC countries as a destination for migrant workers is illustrated by the change in total migrant stock in those ...

    • The Problem of Marginal People and Its Governance in GCC Countries 

      Jie, Chen ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      The emergence of marginal people is the result of globalization. The process of globalization makes population flow an irresistible trend, and the relatively developed countries have a strong attraction to the population ...