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Buthaina Al Ansari, founder and Chairperson of Qatariat T&D Holding Company and Senior Human Resources Director at Ooredoo, delivered a CIRS Monthly Dialogue on the topic of “Sheroes—How Female Leaders are Changing…

Members of CIRS traveled to attend the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference in Washington, DC on November 22-25, 2014. Zahra Babar, Associate Director of Research at CIRS delivered a paper titled, “Arabs and…

Mehran Kamrava, Director of CIRS at Georgetown University in Qatar, begins the discussion with ETH Zurich by describing CIRS’ ongoing attempts to examine the evolution and dynamics of urban space in the Persian Gulf region. He…

Northwestern University in Qatar welcomed its largest class to date at a colorful ceremony at the Opera House at Katara Cultural Village on Sunday. With the administration and staff in full…

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…