Occasional Papers
CIRS publishes original research on a variety of topics of relevance to the Middle East in general and to the Gulf region in particular. CIRS invites manuscript submissions for its Occasional Paper series throughout the year. Papers dealing with issues of relevance to the Persian Gulf are accepted from all disciplines. CIRS Occasional Papers are registered under ISSN 2072-5957.
Submissions: Please see submission guidelines. Papers should be sent to cirsresearch@georgetown.edu. By submitting work to CIRS, the author agrees to the following Copyright Agreement.
Title: Religious Democracy and Civilizational Politics:
Comparing Political Islam and Political Catholicism
Author: Michael Driessen, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at John Cabot University in Rome; CIRS Post-Doctoral Fellow 2011-2012
Year: 2013
Title: Qatar’s Natural Sustainability: Plans, Perceptions, and Pitfalls
Author: Mari Luomi, Research Associate at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar; CIRS Post-Doctoral Fellow 2011-2012
Year: 2012
Title: Transformations of Regional Economic Governance in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Author: Fred H. Lawson, Mills College
Year: 2012
Title: Workforce Nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council States
Author: Kasim Randeree, University of Oxford
Year: 2012
Title: Free Mobility within the Gulf Cooperation Council
Author: Zahra R. Babar, CIRS, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar
Year: 2011
Title: A Theory of "Late Rentierism" in the Arab States of the Gulf
Author: Matthew Gray, Australian National University
Year: 2011
Title: The GCC States and the Shifting Balance of Global Power
Author: Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, London School of Economics
Year: 2010
Title: Web-Based Learning in Qatar and the GCC States
Author: Alan S. Weber, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Year: 2010
Title: Britain and the Gulf Shaikhdoms, 1820-1971: The Politics of Protection
Author: James Onley, University of Exeter
Year: 2009
Title: Fixing the Kingdom: Political Evolution and Socio-Economic Challenges in Bahrain
Author: Steven Wright, Qatar University
Year: 2008, 2010
Title: Conservation in Qatar: Impacts of Increasing Industrialization
Author: Renee Richer, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Year: 2008, 2009
Title: Iraqi Refugees: Seeking Stability in Syria and Jordan
Author: Patricia Weiss Fagen, Georgetown University
Year: 2007, 2009
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