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Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (GU-Q) recently hosted Justin Gengler, research program manager and senior researcher at the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) of Qatar University ,…

Food Security in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2014) is edited by Zahra Babar and Suzi Mirgani. The book comprises original, empirically-grounded chapters that collectively offer the most comprehensive study…

CIRS launched a new book titled, Beyond the Arab Spring: The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East. The book is edited by the Director of CIRS, Mehran Kamrava. The Arab…

Listen to Mehran Kamrava, Director of CIRS, talk about Russia-Iran relations on Sputnik Radio

The Arab uprisings which commenced in December 2010 continue to be an unfolding story, where outcomes are still fluid, and where each day brings to light new twists and turns…

Mehran Kamrava, Director of CIRS, presented a paper at the 13th Annual Foreign Policy Conference of the Heinrich Böll Foundation on “Democracy and Security in the Middle East – How…

The Center for International and Regional Studies participated in the 2012 annual Middle East ‎Studies Association (MESA) Conference held in Denver, Colorado, November 17 – 20, 2012. In ‎addition to…

A recent article written by Zahra Babar, the Associate Director for Research at the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) takes on the issue of citizenship in Qatar by…

The Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), Mehran Kamrava, delivered a paper at the “Arab-Iranian Relations in the Gulf” symposium that took place the the W Hotel…

Debra Shushan was the 2010-2011 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for International and Regional Studies. Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary. Qataris went to the…