Center for International and Regional Studies

CIRS publishes Occasional Papers related to international affairs, specifically of the Middle East. To learn more about submitting papers to the CIRS Occasional Paper Series, see submission guidelines.

Online CIRS Occasional Papers are registered under ISSN 2072-6309.

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Due to the interest shown in Patricia Fagen's Iraqi Refugees: Seeking Stability in Syria and Jordan Occasional Paper, CIRS has printed a second edition of the research, which includes a "Post-Script" update on the current situation.
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CIRS is pleased to announce the publication of it's latest Occasional Paper, Fixing the Kingdom: Political Evolution and Socio-Economic Challenges in Bahrain, authored by Steven Wright, Professor of Gulf Politics at Qatar University.
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CIRS published its second occasional paper entitled Conservation in Qatar: Impacts of Increasing Industrialization in March 2008. The paper is authored by Renee Richer of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.
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CIRS published its first occasional paper, Iraqi Refugees: Seeking Stability in Syria and Jordan, in conjunction with the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University.
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