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Mehran Kamrava

CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar

Professor & Director

Doha, DC 20057

Qatar

http://cirs.georgetown.edu

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (13)

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1.

Fragile Politics: Weak States in the Greater Middle East

CIRS Summary Report No. 11
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Sep 2016
Mehran Kamrava, Charles Schmitz, Sarah Phillips, Daniel E. Esser, Frederic Wehrey, Shoghig Mikaelian, Bassel F. Salloukh, Rogaia Abusharaf, Alex De Waal, Zahra Babar, Dwaa Osman, Glenn E. Robinson, Laurie Brand, Mark McGillivray, Simon Feeny and Ashton de Silva
CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, Towson University, The University of Sydney, American University - School of International Service, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Concordia University, Quebec, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Political Sciences, Students, Lebanese American University, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Tufts University, Georgetown University, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar - Center for International and Regional Studies, Government of the United States of America - Naval Postgraduate School, University of Southern California, Deakin University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and RMIT University - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
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Weak States, Politics, Middle East, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Geopolitics, Hizbullah, Sudan, Pakistan, Palestine, North Africa

2.

Food Security and Food Sovereignty in the Middle East

CIRS Summary Report, 2012
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Sep 2016
Mehran Kamrava, Zahra Babar, Eckert Woertz, Jane Harrigan, Raymond Bush, Habibollah Salami, TOKTAM MOHTASHAMI, Mohamad Noori Naeini, Martha Mundy, Amin Al-Hakimi, Frederic Pelat, Shadi Hamadeh, Salwa Tawk, Mounir Abi Said, Karin Seyfert, Jad Chaaban, Hala Ghattas, Mary Ann Tétreault, Deborah Wheeler, Benjamin Shepherd, Elisa Cavatorta, Sam Waples, Tahra ElObeid and Abdelmoniem Hassan
CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, Georgetown University, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs), University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) - Economics, University of Leeds, Independent, Independent, Independent, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Sana'a University, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), American University of Beirut, American University of Beirut, American University of Beirut, Oxford Policy Management, American University of Beirut, American University of Beirut - Center for Research on Population and Health, Trinity University, Department of Political Science, University of Sydney, Students, King’s College London, Independent, Qatar University and Independent
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Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Middle East, Gulf Cooperation Council

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Improving Single Male Laborers’ Health in Qatar

Policy Brief (2019)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 25 Nov 2019
Sanaa Al-Harahsheh, Feras Al-Meer, Zahra Babar, Maha El-Akoum, Mehran Kamrava and M. Walid Qoronfleh
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Georgetown University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Labor migrants; Health; Migration; Qatar; Male laborers; Migrant workers

4.

Environmental Politics in the Middle East

CIRS Summary Report No. 24 (2018)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Jan 2020
Madalla Alibeli, Zahra Babar, Uday Chandra, Jill Crystal, Ali El-Keblawy, Afyare A Elmi, Francis Ghilès, Ilya Gridneff, Islam Hassan, Clement Henry, Mehran Kamrava, Martin Keulertz, Umber Latafat, Anatol Lieven, Abbas Maleki, Suzi Mirgani, Farah Saleh, Rumsha Shahzad, Maria Snoussi, Jeannie Sowers, Harry Verhoeven, Wessel Vermeulen, Elizabeth Wanucha and Eckart Woertz
United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Georgetown University, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Auburn University, University of Sharjah, City University of Mogadishu, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs), Sahan Research, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, affiliation not provided to SSRN, CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, American University of Beirut, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar - Center for International and Regional Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Sharif University of Technology, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar - Center for International and Regional Studies, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Mohammed V University of Rabat, University of New Hampshire, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, OXCARRE, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar - Center for International and Regional Studies and Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals - IBEI
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Environmental Politics, Middle East, natural resources, food security

5.

International Relations of the Gulf Summary Report

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Sep 2016
Mehran Kamrava, James Onley, J. E. Peterson, Fred H Lawson, Joseph Kostiner, Mohammed Ayoob, Daniel Byman, F. Gregory Gause, Steven Wright, N. Janardhan, Katja Niethammer and Gerd Nonneman
CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, Independent, University of Arizona, Mills College, Tel Aviv University, Michigan State University, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, University of Vermont, Qatar University, University of Exeter, University of Hamburg and Lancaster University
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Gulf Cooperation Council, International relations, Middle East, Foreign Policy

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Gateways to the World: Port Cities in the Gulf

CIRS Summary Report, 2015
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Sep 2016
Mehran Kamrava, Arang Keshavarzian, Stephen Ramos, Ahmed Kanna, Ashraf M. Salama, Florian Wiedmann, Remah Gharib, Evren Tok, Mohammad Zebian, Pooya Alaedini, Mehrdad Javaheripour and Marike Bontenbal
CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, New York University (NYU), University of Georgia, University of the Pacific (UOP), University of Strathclyde, University of Strathclyde, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation for Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Islamic Azad University- Central Tehran Branch(IAUCTB) and UNESCO-IHE
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Persian Gulf, Qatar, GCC, Urban Studies, Mutrah, Oman

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Migrant Labor in the Gulf Summary Report

CIRS Summary Report
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2016
Mehran Kamrava, Zahra Babar, Attiya Ahmad, Andrew Gardner, Jane Bristol-Rhys, Pardis Mahdavi, Caroline Osella, Nathalie Williams, Arland Thornton, Dirgha J. Ghimire, Linda Young-Demarco, Mansoor Moaddel, David Mednicoff, Helene Thiollet, Kasim Randeree, Mary Breeding and Susan Martin
CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, Georgetown University, George Washington University, University of Puget Sound, Zayed University, Claremont Colleges - Pomona College, University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of Washington, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - University of Massachusetts School of Law, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), University of Oxford, Said Business School, American University and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Migrant Workforce, Migrant Labor, Gulf Cooperation Council, Migration,

8.

The Political Economy of the Gulf Summary Report

CIRS Summary Report
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2016
Mehran Kamrava, Fred H Lawson, Jean-François Seznec, Kristian Ulrichsen, Rodney Wilson, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Alexis Antoniades, Christopher Davidson, Steffen Hertog, Massoud Karshenas and Ziba Moshaver
CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, Mills College, Georgetown University, University of Washington - Henry. M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Durham, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Durham University, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and Independent
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Political Economy, The Dubai Model, Gulf Cooperation Council, Economic Diversification

9.

Digital Middle East: State and Society in the Information Age

CIRS Summary Report No. 22 (2017)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Jan 2020
Ilhem Allagui, Haya Al Noaimi, Jon Anderson, Zahra Babar, Shahd Dauleh, Marion Desmurger, John A. Downing, Muzammil Hussain, Mehran Kamrava, Joe Khalil, Gholam Khiabany, Dionysis Markakis, Suzi Mirgani, Mark Allen Peterson, Damian Radcliffe, Vit Sisler, Annabelle Sreberny, Daniel Varisco, Elizabeth Wanucha, Ingmar Weber, Shafiz Affendi Mohd Yusof, Norhayati Zakaria, Mohamed Zayani and Valbona Zenku
American University of Sharjah, SOAS - University of London, University of Minnesota - Morris, Georgetown University, Northwestern University - Northwestern University in Qatar, United Nations - Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Iowa State University, Government College of Commerce, CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, Northwestern University - Northwestern University in Qatar, University of London, Queen Mary University of London, Center for International and Regional Studies, Miami University of Ohio, University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communication, affiliation not provided to SSRN, SOAS University of London, Qatar University, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar - Center for International and Regional Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University - Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), University of Wollongong, Saudi Elactronic University, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar
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Middle East, communication, technology, media, politics

10.

The Red Star and the Crescent

CIRS Summary Report
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 May 2018 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2018
Jim Reardon Anderson, Andrew Scobell, Jon B. Alterman, Mehran Kamrava, Degang Sun, Altay Atli, John W. Garver, Joseph Sassoon, Stephen Blank, Andrew Small, Mohammed Turki Al-Sudairi and James M. Dorsey
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, RAND Corporation, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, University of Oxford, Sabanci University - Sabanci University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgetown University, University of Ottawa, German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), The University of Hong Kong, Students and Nanyang Technological University - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
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CIRS, China, Middle East

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The Great Game in West Asia

CIRS Summary Report No. 17
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Jun 2018
Mehran Kamrava, Anatol Lieven, Mahmood Monshipouri, Gareth Winrow, Hamid Ahmadi, Jeffrey Mankoff, Meliha Benli Altunışık, Bayram Balci, Richard Giragosian, Alexander Kupatadze and Anar Valiyev
CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, San Francisco State University, Independent, California State University, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Middle East Technical University (METU), Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar - Center for International and Regional Studies, Regional Studies Center (RSC), St. Andrews University and ADA University
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West Asia

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The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East Summary Report

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Sep 2016
Mehran Kamrava, John Foran, Nadine Mourad Sika, Abdullah A. Al-Arian , Shadi Hamid, Saïd Amir Arjomand, Nader Hashemi, Marie Duboc, Bahgat Korany, Ziad Abu-Rish , Russell E. Lucas, Quinn Mecham, Thomas Juneau , Bassam Haddad and Diederick J. Vandewalle
CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), The American University in Cairo, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Brookings Institution - Brookings Doha Center, State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, Students, University of Tübingen, The American University in Cairo, Ohio University, Michigan State University, Middlebury College, University of Ottawa, George Mason University and Dartmouth College
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Middle East, Arab Spring, Political Islam, Islamism

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The Nuclear Question in the Middle East Summary Report

CIRS Summary Report, 2012
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Sep 2016
Mehran Kamrava, Etel Solingen, Maria Rost Rublee, Giacomo Luciani, Thomas Lippman, Mari Luomi, Mustafa Kibaroğlu, Gawdat Bahgat, Avner Cohen and Kayhan Barzegar
CIRS, Georgetown University-Qatar, University of California, Irvine - Department of Political Science, Monash University, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Middle East Institute, Georgetown University, Okan University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Department of Political Science, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) and Islamic Azad University (IAU)
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Middle East, Global Security, Nuclear Energy, Iran