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Gateways to the World: Port Cities in the Gulf
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2015)Within a matter of decades, Gulf port cities have rapidly evolved from regional centers of cultural and economic exchange to globalizing cities deeply embedded within the global economy. Explicitly evident features of Gulf ... -
The GCC and the Islamic Republic: Towards a Restoration of the Pattern?
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The GCC States and the Shifting Balance of Global Power
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2010)This paper maps the changing engagement strategies of the six member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council in the global order. It examines how and why the Gulf states have emerged as visible and powerful global actors ... -
GCC States' Land Investments Abroad: The Case of Cambodia
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2012) -
GCC States' Land Investments Abroad: The Case of Ethiopia
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2013) -
The (geo)political economy of Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations
(Routledge, 1996)This study presents a review and analysis of Iraqi‐Kuwaiti relations as they developed and changed over time. It attempts to look beyond the immediate political and legal aspects of this difficult relationship, while at ... -
Governance, Human Rights, and the Case for Political Adaptation in the Gulf: Issues in the EU-GCC Political Dialogue
(European University Institute, 2001)The theme of good governance and human rights (GGHR) in the EU-GCC dialogue needs to be addressed in tandem with those of political and security cooperation on the wider Gulf and on the Palestine issue. It also should be ... -
The Great Game in West Asia
(2017-02-22)The Great Game in West Asia examines the strategic competition between Iran and Turkey for power and influence in the South Caucasus. These neighboring Middle East powers have vied for supremacy and influence throughout ... -
The Gulf States and the Iran-Iraq War: Pattern Shifts and Continuities
(Palgrave, 2004)Iraq and Iran are the two most important states in the Gulf region, given their population size, military strength, and the potential threat they pose to other states in the region. This book enhances our understanding of ... -
Het Midden-Oosten: rentenierende bureaukratieen [The Middle East: rentier bureaucracies]
(National Commission for Development Cooperation, 1989) -
How the Sufficiency Minimum Becomes a Social Maximum
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)This article argues that, under likely empirical conditions, sufficientarianism leads not to an easily achievable duty to maintain a social minimum but to the onerous duty of maintaining a social maximum at the sufficiency ... -
The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Household Welfare in a Developing Country with Imperfect Labour Markets
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2014)I develop an empirical methodology to assess the distributional impact of trade-induced price shocks when labour markets are imperfect. The proposed methodology relates exogenous variations in prices to changes in household ... -
Implications of the 2011-13 Syrian Uprising for the Middle Eastern Regional Security Complex
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2014-03-17)By the autumn of 2013, the Middle Eastern regional security complex(RSC) had taken on a new configuration, which was substantially different from - and much more explosive than - the one that existed prior to the large-scale ... -
The Importance of Being Ernst: Ernst David Bergmann and Israel’s Role in Taiwan’s Defense
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2016-08-08)Since the early 1960s when Taiwanese officials met Professor Ernst David Bergmann, the first chairman of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, he played a significant role in Taiwan’s nuclear (and missile) programs. In ... -
Improving Single Male Laborers’ Health in Qatar
(Center for International and Regional Studies and World Innovation Summit for Health, 2019-11)The aim of this policy brief is to provide some understanding of the health constraints faced by single male laborers (SMLs), the policy efforts underway to enhance their access to healthcare, and further actions that ought ... -
Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income: A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)Freedom is commonly understood in two different ways: the absence of restriction or interference (scalar freedom) and the absence of slavery or oppression (status freedom). Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income ... -
Innovation in Islam: Traditions and Contributions
(University of California Press, 2011)Why has the West developed and modernized, while the Muslim world has lagged behind? Why has democracy not found a hospitable home in much of the Muslim world? Why have the opponents of innovation found their message so ... -
The International Politics of the Persian Gulf
(Syracuse University Press, 2011)For much of the contemporary history of the Middle East, the Persian Gulf has stood at the center of the region’s strategic significance. At the same time, the Gulf has been wracked by political instability and tension. ... -
International Relations of the Gulf Summary Report
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Iran and Regional Security Dynamics in the Middle East: Trends and Prospects
(International Studies Journal, 2012)For some time now, observers of the international relations of the Middle East have tried to decipher emerging security dynamics in the region in the aftermath of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. Clearly, the Iraq ...
