• 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, ...
    • Covid-19 in Kuwait: An Opportunity for the Government 

      Albloshi, Hamad H. ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      The first Covid-19 disease case was found in Kuwait on February 24th, 2020 when a Kuwaiti citizen was tested positive after coming back from Iran. Since then, the Kuwaiti government has taken many measures to contain its ...
    • 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 ...
    • Arabian Gulf Cup offers hope of diplomatic breakthrough 

      McManus, John ( Gulf Studies center - Qatar University , 2020 , Article)
      On 8th December, Sayed Mohammed Jaffer, the captain of the Bahrain national football team, lifted aloft the Arabian Gulf Cup at Abdullah bin Khalifa stadium in Doha. The victory of his tiny island nation didn’t simply ...
    • Gulf Security in the Age of Covid-19 

      Cole, Juan; Baabood, Abdullah; Kozhanov, Nikolay; Zaccara, Luciano; Al Ansari, Majed ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Video)
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    • Contemporary Qatar : Examining State and Society 

      Zweiri, Mahjoob; Al Qawasmi, Farah; Abushouk, Ahmed Ibrahim; Al-Jaber, Khalid; Zaccara, Luciano; ... more authors ( Springer , 2021 , Book)
      This book addresses critical topics and unanswered questions on the contemporary state of Qatar. Drawing together a unique combination of authors that have researched the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in general, and the ...
    • 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)
      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)
      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 ...
    • 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)
      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)
      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 ...
    • Qatar Defense Strategies 

      Al-Mohannadi, Fatma Hilal ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • 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)
      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)
      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 ...
    • Toward a Constructivist Approach to the Gulf Region's Security 

      Yaghi, Mohammad ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • 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)
      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 ...
    • Countering The Growing Cyber Threat To Gulf Security 

      Parmeter, Ian ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference)
      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, ...
    • 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)
      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 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)
      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 ...
    • Political Dimensions of Climate Justice in the Persian Gulf 

      Haieri-Yazdi, Asieh ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference)
      The research utilises the framework of Regional Security Complex Theory to explore and integrate a conceptual approach tailored to climate justice in energy debates of the Persian Gulf. This study tries to analyse the ...