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Zahra Babar, Associate Director for Research at CIRS at Georgetown University in Qatar, recently published a book chapter titled “Enduring ‘Contested’ Citizenship in the Gulf Cooperation Council” in The Middle East in…

Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar, Mehran Kamrava, argued that “while addressing poverty is key to resolving conflicts in the region, the fight against…

The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar has completed a decade of research activities, emerging as a leading think tank in the region, and beyond.…

Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar, Mehran Kamrava, remarked that “after 14 months of blockade, not only has Qatar survived, it has emerged stronger.…

CIRS has launched a study looking at the health of the migrant workers in collaboration with Qatar Foundation and Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy. According to Dr Kamrava, the…

Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar, Mehran Kamrava, in a recent interview remarked that, “Washington has tried many times before to form new regional…

Zahra Babar’s research article titled, “Im/mobile Highly Skilled Migrants in Qatar,” co-authored with Michael Ewers and Nabil Khattab got published in the latest issue of Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. The study supported…

Since its establishment in 2007, Georgetown University in Qatar’s Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) has sponsored and supported major cross-disciplinary research initiatives focused on the Gulf, Middle East,…

Mehran Kamrava, Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar, comments on Saudi Arabia’s Dollar Diplomacy in Jordan. He notes, “Over the course of…

A new book authored by CIRS Director Mehran Kamrava explores the complex relationship dynamics in the Gulf. Troubled Waters: Insecurity in the Persian Gulf examines the deep and pervasive origins of…