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Mehran Kamrava, Director Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) ar Georgetown University in Qatar participated in the annual 2018 Liberal Arts International Conference held at Texas A&M University at…

Mehran Kamrava, Director CIRS, participated in the fourth annual Gulf Studies Forum titled, “The Gulf Crisis: Regional and International Dynamics and the Role of the Media,” held from December 2nd,…

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS) in partnership with the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Programme (TTCSP) organized a panel discussion titled, “Why Think Tanks Matter in the Era of Digital and Political Disruptions,”…

A film by Suzi Mirgani, a researcher from Georgetown University in Qatar’s Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), recently premiered at the Doha Film Institute’s Ajyal Youth Film Festival.…

In a focused discussion hosted at Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), Daniel Brumberg shared his analysis of the state of the relations between US and Iran especially since…

CIRS Fellow Mohamed Zayani has been awarded the 2017 “Sue DeWine Distinguished Scholarly Book Award” from the National Communication Association (NCA) for his book Networked Publics and Digital Contention: The Politics of Everyday Life in Tunisia (Oxford UP, 2015).    …

In a focused discussion hosted at Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), Rami Khouri shared his analysis of the state of the region today. In his talk, Khouri shared demographic trends and insights…

Occidental Petroleum Qatar hosted a session titled “Qatar: The Economic and Political Role of Oil and Gas in the Middle East and the Gulf” on October 18, 2017 at Sheraton…

Bitte Hammargren, Director for the MENA Region at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, visited the Center for International and Regional Studies and met with Dr. Mehran Kamrava, director of…

In an interview with Sputnik International, Mehran Kamrava discusses the effect of Trump’s threats to pull out from the nuclear deal on Iran’s policies and says that “I am not convinced…