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MESA 2020 Zahra Babar Panel

Zahra Babar Presents at MESA 2020

Oct 6, 2020
On October 6, 2020, Zahra Babar, CIRS Associate Director for Research, participated at a roundtable on “Citizenship and Belonging...
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David Greenblatt

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar in Historical Perspective by David Goldblatt

Oct 6, 2020
As part of a new CIRS research initiative, Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022, best selling British author, journalist...
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climate change

What can the theory and philosophy of climate change teach us about COVID-19?

Aug 24, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic shares a number of structural similarities with the great environmental crises that define our time—climate...
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OB

Asymmetric impact of COVID-19 on employment in the GCC

Aug 11, 2020
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, global attention has been focused on two main issues, the human and health consequences...
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COVID-19 and the Erosion of Europe’s Asylum System

Jul 26, 2020
Europe emerged very early on as one of the world’s first COVID-19 “hotspots.” Initially, a series of haphazard policies,...
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Zahra Babar

Zahra Babar on Gulf Migrant Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jul 23, 2020
Zahra Babar, Associate Director for Research at the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), Georgetown University...
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Routledge

CIRS celebrates publishing its first 40 books, featuring more than 320 authors!

Jul 12, 2020
Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) is celebrating the first 40 books published by its premiere in-house research institute,...
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covid

How the U.S. Failed to Contain COVID-19

Jul 9, 2020
In past viral outbreaks, the U.S. played a vital international leadership role. With a well-funded Centers for Disease Control...
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Museum

GCC Museums Display their Digital Selves during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Jun 17, 2020
For over forty years, since 1977, International Museum Day has been celebrated annually on May 18th. [1] This year, 2020, marks...
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fiscal

How GCC Countries Can Address Looming Fiscal Challenges

Jun 16, 2020
Gulf countries face a challenging fiscal environment The six counties of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are facing economic...
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