Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS)
Established in 2005, the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar is a premier research institute devoted to the academic study of regional and international issues through dialogue and exchange of ideas, research and scholarship, and engagement with national and international scholars, opinion-makers, practitioners, and activists.
Guided by the principles of academic excellence, forward vision, and community engagement, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) mission revolves around five principal goals:
-To provide a forum for scholarship and research on international and regional affairs
-To encourage in-depth examination and exchange of ideas
-To foster thoughtful dialogue among students, scholars and practitioners of international affairs
-To facilitate the free flow of ideas and knowledge through publishing the products of its research, sponsoring conferences and seminars, and holding workshops designed to explore the complexities of the twenty-first century
-To engage in outreach activities with a wide range of local, regional and international partners.
Phone: Tel +974 4457 8400 Fax +974 4457 8401
Address: Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar
P.O.Box 23689
Doha, Qatar
Guided by the principles of academic excellence, forward vision, and community engagement, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) mission revolves around five principal goals:
-To provide a forum for scholarship and research on international and regional affairs
-To encourage in-depth examination and exchange of ideas
-To foster thoughtful dialogue among students, scholars and practitioners of international affairs
-To facilitate the free flow of ideas and knowledge through publishing the products of its research, sponsoring conferences and seminars, and holding workshops designed to explore the complexities of the twenty-first century
-To engage in outreach activities with a wide range of local, regional and international partners.
Phone: Tel +974 4457 8400 Fax +974 4457 8401
Address: Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar
P.O.Box 23689
Doha, Qatar
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Explaining the different ways in which globalising forces have shaped new dimensions to the political economy of the Persian Gulf states, this book evaluates the changes that have occurred, especially in light of the ongoing global economic crisis. Mutually beneficial rentier arrangements have guided the GCC countries formation of oil-based economies and labor relations in the past, but will this necessarily be the case in the future? This book addresses key issues including discussion on the future demographic aspects of the GCC; the feasibility of establishing a GCC monetary union; the effects of rentierism on state autonomy; and analysis of sovereign wealth funds and Islamic banking models.