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Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar, Mehran Kamrava, in a recent interview with Tehran Times remarked that, “This latest attempt, to create a new military coalition,…

“The significance of this book for the current ongoing academic debates about the role of new communication technologies in facilitating democratization in authoritarian and repressive contexts is one of the…

Suzi Mirgani, Managing Editor at CIRS, delivered a paper at the 2019 Museums in Arabia conference titled “Enter through the Gift Shop: Constructing a Contemporary Qatari National Identity through Qatar…

As part of the CIRS research initiative on “Russia and the Middle East,” a delegation of CIRS scholars traveled to Moscow on April 28–May 2, 2019. Mehran Kamrava, Zahra Babar,…

On May 29, 2019, Mehran Kamrava, Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), gives a talk titled “The Changing Middle East: Challenges, Opportunities and Emerging Dynamics” at the Catholic…

Mehran Kamrava, Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), contributed to Northwestern University in Qatar’s 6th survey on “Media Use in the Middle East,” conducted in December 2018.…

Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), Mehran Kamrava, remarked that “on the one hand European Union have been calling on Iran…

A Dangerous Brinkmanship:Trump, Iran, and the European Union Mehran Kamrava On the first anniversary of the United States’ withdrawal from the landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers,…

Mehran Kamrava, Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), contributes to Georgetown University in Qatar’s “Celebration of Knowledge,” honoring more than 100 books authored by GU-Q faculty and…

Mehran Kamrava, Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar appeared on CNN program  “Iconic Qatar” where he talked about Qatar’s ancient ruined city. Watch the…