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Despite its small size and demographic limitations, over the last two decades Qatar has emerged as one of the most consequential, and in many respects influential, actors in the Persian…

TEHRAN – Scholars from different countries will be gathering at the Qatar Foundation to discuss cultural relations between Iran and the Arab countries in a meeting to be held on…

A lecture held by the Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) recently, entitled “managing the Saudi-Iranian rivalry” offered possible solutions to the political tensions between the two countries.Dr Ibrahim Fraihat, a…

Students, scholars, and members of both the diplomatic and broader community in Qatar converged at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) to attend a vibrant Monthly Dialogue Series lecture titled “Managing…

Zahra Babar, Associate Director of Research at CIRS, delivers talk at the CILE – Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics.  Click here for more pictures from the Seminar on Migration: Islam and…

On September 3, 2015, Suzi Mirgani presented her paper on “Tweeting Terrorism: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Media Spectacles” at the Middle East Institute Conference in Singapore. In the paper, Mirgani highlighted…

Zahra Babar, Associate Director of Research at CIRS, moderated the “Fifth Global Meeting of Chairs and Secretariats of Regional Consultative Processes (RCPs) on Migration” hosted by the IOM and the…

A different take on the Iran deal with Mehran Kamrava of Georgetown University in Qatar. Hear the entire discussion here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8085756/chat-about-iran-deal-w-dr-kamrava

Catholic University of Milan, May 19, 2015, Milan Mehran Kamrava, Director of CIRS, delivered a lecture on the geopolitics of the Gulf region, and the relationship between the Kingdom of…