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CIRS participates in the 2018 annual Middle East ‎Studies Association (MESA) Conference held in San Antonio, Texas, November 15–18, 2018. In ‎addition to having a booth for CIRS publications at the book bazaar,…

Suzi Mirgani, Managing Editor at the Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University in Qatar, presented a paper at the 2018 Middle East Studies Association (MESA) annual meeting in San Antonio,…

As part of the “Enriching the Middle East’s Economic Future” Conference organized by MOFA/UCLA, Zahra Babar, Associate Director for Research at Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), presented at…

Mehran Kamrava, Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar, recently published an article titled “Accessing the Multipolarity and Instability in the Middle East” for the…

Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) College of Law and Public Policy (CLPP) hosted a colloquium and a panel discussion on October 10, 2018, to examine the domestic and legal implications…

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…