A New Canadian-American Relationship
David Dyment, senior research associate at the Center on North American Politics and Society at Carleton University in Ottawa, gave a CIRS Focused Discussion on March 26, 2012, titled “A New Canadian-American…
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Food Security And Food Sovereignty In The Middle East Working Group II
On April 22–23, 2012, CIRS concluded its “Food Security and Food Sovereignty in the Middle East” research initiative with a two-day working group meeting. Sixteen scholars and experts participating in…
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Michael Driessen on the Role of Religion in Modern Democracies
Michael Driessen, a 2011-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow at CIRS and Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at John Cabot University, gave a CIRS Monthly Dialogue Lecture on “Religion-State Institutions and Patterns…
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Sectarian Politics in the Gulf – Working Group II
On May 15–16, 2012, CIRS held a second working group meeting to conclude its research initiative on “Sectarian Politics in the Gulf.” Scholars and experts on the topic were invited to…
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Lawrence Potter on the Rise and Fall of Port Cities in the Gulf
Lawrence G. Potter, a 2011-2012 CIRS Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Associate Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University, delivered a CIRS Monthly Dialogue lecture on “The Rise and Fall of Port Cities in the Gulf” on May 16, 2012. Potter’s lecture was designed to explain the economic, political, and ecological reasons why port cities in the Gulf…
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The Evolving Ruling Bargain In The Middle East Working Group II
On September 15–16, 2012, the Center for International and Regional Studies kicked off the 2012–2013 academic year with a two-day working group meeting to discuss “The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East.” The members of the working group were invited to Doha for a second time to conclude the research initiative and to discuss their…
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Frederic Wehrey on Libya’s Aftermath and Syria’s Future
Frederic Wehrey, senior associate in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, gave the first CIRS Monthly Dialogue lecture of the 2012-2013 academic year on September 17, 2012. The talk titled, “Analogies at War: Libya’s Aftermath and Syria’s Future,” examined the different approaches that the international community has taken towards the Libyan and…
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Sir Tim Lankester on Britain’s Foreign Aid
Sir Tim Lankester, Chairman of the Council of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Advisor on South East Asia to the consulting firm Oxford Analytica, delivered a CIRS Focused Discussion on “The Politics and Economics of Britain’s Foreign Aid” on October 8, 2012. The talk was based on his recent book,The Politics…
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Social Change in Post-Khomeini Iran Working Group I
On October 20–21, 2012, The Center for International and Regional Studies launched one of its new research initiatives for the 2012–2013 academic year, “Social Change in Post-Khomeini Iran,” through a two day working group held in Doha. Over the course of the two day meeting, international and regional scholars addressed political, economic, and social aspects of…
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William Beeman Lectures on Iranian-Arabian Biculturalism
William O. Beeman, Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota and President of the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association, delivered a CIRS Monthly Dialogue on “The Khalijis: Iranian-Arabian Biculturalism in the Gulf Region” on October 22, 2012. As an introduction, Beeman gave the audience some background to what…
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Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al Thani on the Digital Generation
H.E. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al Thani, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Qatar Telecom (Qtel), delivered a CIRS Distinguished Lecture on “Technology and the Digital Generation” on November 7, 2012. Al Thani began the lecture by giving an overview of Qtel and the changes it has undergone since being restructured in the…
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Causes and Consequences of Food Insecurity in the Middle East
In collaboration with partner organizations, Qatar’s National Food Security Program hosted the “International Conference on Food Security in Dry Lands” in Doha on November 14th and 15th, 2012. National, regional, and international institutions participated in the conference and addressed challenges facing dry lands in their pursuit of food security. The conference focused on the three…