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Economic Development in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: From Rentier States to Diversified Economies
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Book)
This book delves into the economic development of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Since the 1960s, the GCC states have harnessed their potential to exploit the wealth accrued from the oil boom to build ...
Ideational Factors in Turkey’s Alignment with Qatar and Their Impact on Regional Security
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Routledge
, 2021 , Article)
Turkey and Qatar have developed exceptionally cordial relations and aligned their foreign policies on many regional issues. In the 2017 Gulf crisis, despite the risk of incurring material losses and sacrificing relations ...
COVID-19 and Migrants in the GCC states: Challenges, responses and key lessons
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College of Arts and Sciences - Gulf Studies Center
, 2021 , Working Paper)
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, the GCC countries face an unprecedented challenge of controlling the spiralling COVID-19 cases. The challenge has become even more formidable in containing the virus among non-national ...
Gender and Return Migration: Gulf Returnees in Ghana
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College of Arts and Sciences - Gulf Studies Center
, 2021 , Working Paper)
Labor migration in the Global South is generally conceived as a multidimensional process that comprises three distinct subprocesses: emigration, immigration, and return migration. There is growing consensus that return ...
The Iranian foreign policy in turbulent times: The Arab uprisings, the nuclear deal and the GCC crisis
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Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración
, 2021 , Article)
Using the Foreign Policy Analysis framework and the concept of Authoritative Decision Units, this article analyzes three cases that required an Iranian response: the Arab Uprisings, the nuclear negotiations, and the 2017 ...
The impact of COVID-19 on Iranian politics
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Bristol University Press
, 2020 , Article)
The first city officially affected by COVID-19 was Iran’s religious centre, Qom, on 19 February 2020. However, as this paper shows, Qom is not only the Islamic Republic’s most important city when it comes to religious ...
The 2017 Gulf Crisis: An Interdisciplinary Approach
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Springer
, 2021 , Book)
This book provides an overview of the origins, repercussions and projected future of the ongoing Gulf crisis, as well as an analysis of the major issues and debates relating to it. The Gulf region witnessed an extraordinary ...
How the Iranian Regime Survived: Examining Internal and External Strategies
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SET VAKFI İktisadi İşletmesi, SETA VAKFI
, 2021 , Article)
Following the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018 and the reimposition of economic sanctions, Iran witnessed public unrest that threatened the survival ...
The Arabs and Iranians : What Went Wrong? And Why?
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Brill
, 2020 , Article)
Using the longue durée approach to history, this paper reflects on the long history of Arab-Iranian interactions and identifies three key historical developments which had a defining role in shaping mutual Arab-Iranian ...
The Second Succession in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Change or Continuity?
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Taylor and Francis Group
, 2021 , Article)
The Supreme Leader has a significant role in determining political life in Iran. The analysis of this role is an integral part of studying Iranian domestic politics and foreign policy. The succession issue has been of ...