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A recent Gulf Times article features the CIRS Long View conversation with Pakistan’s Ambassador to Qatar, Muhammad Aamer, on Pakistan’s evolving role in regional diplomacy. The discussion explores the diplomatic…

On June 5, 2026, representatives from the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar met with colleagues at Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies (TSUOS)…

The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar collaborated with the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS) under the President of the Republic of…

Qatar has proved its critics wrong: the small state showed that it is capable of successfully organizing the world’s biggest sporting event, the FIFA men’s World Cup, after the setbacks…

Despite the Israeli team not playing in the FIFA 2022 World Cup, the presence of Israeli sports fans and journalists has made some headlines. Although not all forms of activism…

Even though the World Cup 2022™ is a historic opportunity for the Middle East to leave its indelible mark on the history of football, the tournament has a distinctively Qatari…

Blog 34 By Hissa Al-Kubaisi. After a bidding process that began in 2009 and ended in 2010, Qatar won the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Although this…

On December 10, 2010, Qatar, a small, wealthy state in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), became the first Arab and Muslim country to be selected as the host of the…