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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…

In an interview with RIA Novosti, Mehran Kamrava discusses the US sanctions against Iran and says that “I think that Trump and Congress would very much like to impose sanctions on Iran, although…

CIRS Research Fellow Mohamed Zayani‘s book on cyber activism has been awarded the 2016 Toyin Falola Africa Book Award, which is conferred by the Association of Global South Studies (AGSS) to recognize the…

In an interview with Tehran Times, Mehran Kamrava discusses the Kurdish referendum and says that it is “likely to give a further, official dimension to the Kurdish nationalist movement.” Read…

Members of CIRS traveled to the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) 113th Annual Convention in San Francisco, USA, from 31st  August to 3rd September, 2017. The theme of the conference was “The Quest…

CIRS Fellow Mohamed Zayani has been awarded the 2017 “Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Book Award” from the American Sociological Association (ASA). Zayani’s Book is titled Networked Publics and Digital Contention:…

“The Emiratis and the Saudis seem to have miscalculated their position,” said Mehran Kamrava, the author of “Qatar: Small State, Big Politics” and a professor at the Georgetown University School…

Mehran Kamrava, Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar, on Qatar’s response to the GCC Crisis on a recent CNN interview. Watch the interview…