Browsing The Annual International Conference of the Gulf Studies Center by Subject "Gulf"
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Expressing Identity through the Dressed Body: Iranian Migrants in the Gulf
( 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 ... -
Migration and Social Change in the Gulf: A Comparative Study in the Six Gulf States
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)Migration and flow of people across the world is rapidly growing today. It was estimated that there were about 272 million migrants globally in 2019 which roughly constitutes of 3.2% of the world population. The Gulf ... -
Military Challenges for Hydrocarbon Export from the Gulf - An Assessment of Iranian Motives and Methods of Causing Disrupt
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)The Gulf is a sub-region where crises - including wars - occur from time to time. Alarmist tones of warnings against inevitable war with Iran also appear on a regular basis. Although it seems that war rhetoric is only ... -
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 ... -
Special Economic Zone Experience Overseas? Industrial Parks and Ports in the Gulf and China's Presence
( 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 ... -
The Gender-Pay Gap and the Family in the Gulf: Root Causes, Implications and Policy Response
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)Despite the remarkable progress in women's status in countries of the Gulf gender equality remains unfulfilled. According to evidence, the Gulf has been underperforming on the arena of women's economic participation, ... -
The Impact of Growing China-GCC Cultural, Education, and Research Relations on Gulf Society
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)Over the past 15 years Gulf China relations have grown exponentially and involved all manner of business, energy, trade, political, and cultural relations. As these two regions of major economic power draw away from ...