Browsing CIRS Summary Reports by Title

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    • Arab Migrant Communities in the GCC Summary Report 

      Babar, Zahra; Ridge, Natasha; Shami, Soha; Kippels, Susan; Alajmi, Abdullah; Taylor, Abbie; Soudy, Nada; Martin, Susan; Jamal, Manal A.; Newson, Michael; Roque, Dax; Cook, Harry; De Bel-Air, Françoise; Maher, Garret; Amara, Mahfoud; Naufal, Georges; Genc, Ismail; Vargas-Silva, Carlos (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2015-05)
      Increasingly, over the past few decades, the cross-border mobility of people and international migration has become a central and dynamic hallmark of human existence. While migration is by no means a recent phenomenon, ...

    • Art and Cultural Production in the GCC 

      Mirgani, Suzi (CIRS, 2017-08)

    • CIRS Research Summary Report no. 25 

      Center for International and Regional Studies (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2020-09-17)

    • Critical Issues in Healthcare Policy and Politics in the GCC 

      Mamtani, Ravinder; Lowenfels, Albert B.; Kronfol, Nabil M.; Markakis, Dionysis; Alameddine, Mohamad; Kik, Nour; Yassoub, Rami; Mourad, Yara; Ghuloum, Suhaila; Al-Amin, Hassen; Al-Adawi, Samir; Hajat, Cother; Cheema, Sohaila (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2017-11-01)
      The situation of the healthcare systems in the Gulf has become multi-tiered, primarily due to the lack of systematic population health need assessments, including short-term health solutions for low-skilled workers. Even ...

    • Digital Middle East: State and Society in the Information Age 

      Zayani, Mohamed; Allagui, Ilhem; Šisler, Vít; Allen Peterson, Mark; Sreberny, Annabelle; Mirgani, Suzi; Zakaria, Norhayati; Anderson, Jon W.; Hussain, Muzammil M.; Khiabany, Gholam; Radcliffe, Damian; Weber, Ingmar (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2017-11-01)
      In recent years, the Middle East’s information and communication landscape has changed dramatically. Increasingly, states, businesses, and citizens are capitalising on the opportunities offered by new technologies, the ...

    • Environmental Politics in the Middle East 

      Verhoeven, Harry; Sowers, Jeannie; Ghilès, Francis; Woertz, Eckart; Crystal, Jill; El-Keblawy, Ali; Gridneff, Ilya; Elmi, Afyare; Henry, Clement; Vermeulen, Wessel N.; Maleki, Abbas (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2018)
      This research investigates how ecology and politics meet in the Middle East and how those interactions connect to the global political economy. Through region-wide analyses and case studies from the Arabian Peninsula, the ...

    • The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East Summary Report 

      Kamrava, Mehran; Foran, John; Sika, Nadine; Al-Arian, Abdullah A.; Hamid, Shadi; Arjomand, Said Amir; Hashemi, Nader; Duboc, Marie; Korany, Bahgat; Abu-Rish, Ziad; Lucas, Russell E.; Mecham, Quinn; Juneau, Thomas; Haddad, Bassam; Vandewalle, Dirk (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2013)

    • Food Security and Food Sovereignty in the Middle East 

      Kamrava, Mehran; Babar, Zahra; Woertz, Eckart; Harrigan, Jane; Bush, Raymond; Salami, Habibollah; Mohtashami, Toktam; Naeini, Mohamad Saeid Noori; Mundy, Martha; Al-Hakimi, Amin; Pelat, Frédéric; Hamadeh, Shadi; Tawk, Salwa; Said, Mounir Abi; Seyfert, Karin; Chaaban, Jad; Ghattas, Hala; Tétreault, Mary Ann; Wheeler, Deborah; Shepherd, Benjamin; Cavatorta, Elisa; Waples, Sam; ElObeid, Tahra; Hassan, Abdelmoniem (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2012)

    • Fragile Politics: Weak States in the Greater Middle East 

      Kamrava, Mehran; Schmitz, Charles; Phillips, Sarah; Esser, Daniel; Wehrey, Frederic; Mikaelian, Shoghig; Salloukh, Bassel F.; Abusharaf, Rogaia; de Waal, Alex; Babar, Zahra; Osman, Dwaa; Robinson, Glenn E.; Brand, Laurie; McGillivray, Mark; Feeny, Simon; De Silva, Ashton (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2014-10-08)
      This CIRS research initiative on weak states in the Middle East begins with a critical analysis of current definitions and terminology of weak and fragile states, scrutinizing the political implications of the prevailing ...

    • Gateways to the World: Port Cities in the Gulf 

      Kamrava, Mehran; Keshavarzian, Arang; Ramos, Stephen; Salama, Ashraf M.; Wiedmann, Florian; Gharib, Remah; Tok, M. Evren; Zebian, Mohammad; Alaedini, Pooya; Javaheripour, Mehrdad; Bontenbal, Marike; Kanna, Ahmed (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 ...

    • GCC States' Land Investments Abroad: The Case of Cambodia 

      Shepherd, Benjamin (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2012)

    • GCC States' Land Investments Abroad: The Case of Ethiopia 

      Shepherd, Benjamin (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2013)

    • The Great Game in West Asia 

      Kamrava, Mehran (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 ...

    • Improving Single Male Laborers’ Health in Qatar 

      Al-Harahsheh, Sanaa; Al-Meer, Feras; Babar, Zahra; El-Akoum, Maha; Kamrava, Mehran; Qoronfleh, M. Walid (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 ...

    • International Relations of the Gulf Summary Report 

      Kamrava, Mehran; Onley, James; Peterson, J.E.; Lawson, Fred H.; Kostiner, Joseph; Ayoob, Mohammed; Byman, Daniel; Gause, F. Gregory; Wright, Steven; Janardhan, N.; Niethammer, Katja; Nonneman, Gerd (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2009)

    • Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings Summary Report 

      Mirgani, Suzi; Zayani, Mohamed; el Issawi, Fatima; Hamdy, Naila; Matar, Dina; Kraidy, Marwan M.; Khalil, Joe; AlNajjar, Abeer; Harb, Zahera; Seib, Philip (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2016-04)
      This research initiative has resulted in an edited volume, Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings (Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2016), offering critical examination into the profound ...

    • Migrant Labor in the Gulf Summary Report 

      Kamrava, Mehran; Babar, Zahra; Ahmad, Attiya; Gardner, Andrew; Bristol-Rhys, Jane; Mahdavi, Pardis; Osella, Caroline; Williams, Nathalie E.; Thornton, Arland; Ghimire, Dirgha J.; Young-DeMarco, Linda C.; Moaddel, Mansoor; Mednicof, David; Thiollet, Hélène; Randeree, Kasim; Breeding, Mary; Martin, Susan (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2011)

    • The Nuclear Question in the Middle East Summary Report 

      Kamrava, Mehran; Solingen, Etel; Rublee, Marie Rost; Luciani, Giacomo; Lippman, Thomas; Luomi, Mari; Kibaroğlu, Mustafa; Cohen, Avner, 1951-; Barzegar, Kayhan; Bahgat, Gawdat (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2012)

    • The Political Economy of the Gulf Summary Report 

      Kamrava, Mehran; Lawson, Fred H.; Seznec, Jean-François; Ulrichsen, Kristian; Wilson, Rodney; Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad; Antoniades, Alexis; Davidson, Christopher; Hertog, Steffen; Karshenas, Massoud; Moshaver, Ziba (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2011)

    • Sectarian Politics in the Gulf Summary Report 

      Potter, Lawrence G.; Gengler, Justin J.; Haddad, Fanar; Louër, Laurence; Diwan, Kristin Smith; Valeri, Marc; Peterson, J. E.; Beck, Lois (Center for International and Regional Studies, 2012)