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Rapid decline in family size in Oman: Untangling the puzzles and paradoxes
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)Sultanate of Oman has experienced a rapid demographic transition with a sharp decrease in fertility and family size in recent time that is quite stunning and more than expected, yet has remained largely unnoticed. It is ... -
Reconfiguring the Regional Security Architecture in the Persian Gulf: Intra-GCC Conflicts, Relations with Iran, and Great Power Interests
( 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 ... -
Reconsidering the relationship between family, motherhood, and gender equality in Qatar
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)For long, scholars have considered the centrality of the family in Arab Gulf societies and the emphasis on motherhood as obstacles to gender equality. This is because both factors are seen as hindering women's economic ... -
Red Sea security as Gulf security: building a new regional order in the Red Sea
( 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 Cooperation: A New Legal Approach for Managing Common Resources of Oil and Gas in Persian Gulf
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)At present, common resources of oil and gas in different regions of the world do not have a similar legal pattern. Regarding political, economic and geopolitical situations and also historical facts in different regions, ... -
Regional inclusive mechanism for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region; Bringing 'Pipe Dreams' to Reality
( 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 ... -
Regulatory Policies and Digital Security: A Review of the Regulatory Framework in the State of Qatar and Its Role in Protecting Children in Cyberspace
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)Technology has become an essential part of human life, and almost no one can prevent his family and children from using it. All traditional children's games, for example, have evolved thanks to the technological boom, and ... -
Rethinking the Family: Migration, Mobility and Urban Space in Doha, Qatar
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)This paper commences with a summary of the analytic architecture underpinning my 2011 publication entitled Gulf Migration and the Family. From scholar attendees to the conference, I'm foremost interested in gathering insight ... -
Reverse Orientalism? French Salafis' Fascination with Saudi Arabia
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)Recently, French Muslims have been seen by several media outlets and politicians to be increasingly influenced by some of the understandings of Islam generated in Saudi Arabia. While some connections do undoubtedly ... -
Revisiting the economic theory of crime A state-level analysis in India
( 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 ... -
Risk categorization and decision prioritization for climate change impacts: A rapid risk assessment methodology applied in the State of Qatar
( 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 ... -
Roadmap for hydrogen society/economy supported by petroleum sector
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on Global Warming of 1.5?C presents the assessment concerning accelerated deep decarbonization, which is at the core of global mitigation strategy. The same ... -
Russia and the new security system in the Persian Gulf: Approach and strategy
( 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 ... -
Russia's Energy Strategy and its Impact on Gulf Energy Markets
( 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 ... -
Russia's Relations with the GCC and Iran
( 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 ... -
Russia-GCC economic relations: When quality matters more than quantity
( 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)
( 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 ... -
Satire and Religious Tolerance: How Acceptance/Rejection of Satire is Determined by the Capacity of Religious and Political Forces to Agree on a Modern Civic Contract
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2016 , Article Review)The January 2015 assassination at the Charlie Hebdo offices and the dozen ensuing terrorist attacks in France over the last eighteen months are the manifestation of a structural opposition between a civic identity whose ... -
Saudi Arabia and the Emirates' Quest for Alternative Energy: Geopolitics of the Nuclear Option
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)Nuclear energy programs are under formalization in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with the UAE's first power plants due to be operational in 2020, and Saudi Arabia's program under development. A ... -
Saudi Arabia in Struggle for the Chinese Oil Market: the Price War as Necessity
( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)The new agreement between the OPEC members and a group of non-OPEC countries (so called OPEC+ group) that was reached on 12 April 2020 does not necessarily mean the end of the price war. Starting from May, the participants ...