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Iran, energy, and geopolitics in 2019: From "strategic patience" to "lose-lose"
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
In the geopolitical rivalry between Iran and the United States, energy is in the spotlight. Since the US exit from the nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA) in May 2018 and the launch of the "maximum ...
Challenges to Re-Structuring Iran's Energy Industry
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Ad hoc macro policies to generate added value revenue from crude oil, in part by investing in petrochemicals, drives Iran's energy sector to mitigate the impact of US-led sanctions. Similar policies aim to offer crude oil ...
Situating Gulf's Oil and Gas Supply to Asia: Implications of US Shale Boom, Iran Sanctions and Trade War with China
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The Middle Eastern Gulf region is Asias traditional supplier of oil and gas.
However, in the past two years, record oil and gas oil volumes from United States
have headed into Asia, riding high on the shale boom. While ...
Military Challenges for Hydrocarbon Export from the Gulf - An Assessment of Iranian Motives and Methods of Causing Disrupt
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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 ...
IRAN’S FOREIGN POLICY AND EVOLVING ROLE OF SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION
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RUDN University
, 2018 , Article)
The Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the most active players in the framework of South- South cooperation. During the Cold War period Iran treated South-South cooperation as an instrument for providing an independent ...
Youth as Barometer of Socio-cultural Change in Iran
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Young people are regarded as agents of socio-cultural change as well as being subject to structural forces. These dynamics of interaction between agency and structure forms the outcomes of social change in any society. Due ...
Missed Opportunities: The Trump Administration, Iran, and the Coronavirus Pandemic
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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 ...