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The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) is based at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar. It is a research institute devoted to the academic study of regional and international issues through dialogue, research and engagement with opinion makers and practitioners. Its Occasional Paper series contains studies conducted by CIRS, often in collaboration with its partners and on topics related to the Gulf region.

Publishers:	Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS)
Publications:	To Shoot or to Defect? Military Responses to the Arab Uprisings The Rise and Decline of Saudi Overseas Humanitarian Charities Water, State Power, and Tribal Politics in the GCC Implications of the 2011-13 Syrian Uprising for the Middle Eastern Regional Security Complex Iran's Northern Exposure: Foreign Policy Challenges in Eurasia Religious Democracy and Civilizational Politics Qatar’s Natural Sustainability: Plans, Perceptions, and Pitfalls Transformations of Regional Economic Governance in the Gulf Cooperation Council Workforce Nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council States Free Mobility within the Gulf Cooperation Council A Theory of “Late Rentierism” in the Arab States of the Gulf The GCC States and the Shifting Balance of Global Power Web-Based Learning in Qatar and the GCC States Britain and the Gulf Shaikhdoms, 1820 - 1971 Conservation in Qatar: Impacts of Increasing Industrialization Fixing the Kingdom: Political Evolution and Socio-Economic Challenges in Bahrain Iraqi Refugees: Seeking Stability in Syria and Jordan

Publishers:

Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS)

Publications:

To Shoot or to Defect? Military Responses to the Arab Uprisings
The Rise and Decline of Saudi Overseas Humanitarian Charities
Water, State Power, and Tribal Politics in the GCC
Implications of the 2011-13 Syrian Uprising for the Middle Eastern Regional Security Complex
Iran's Northern Exposure: Foreign Policy Challenges in Eurasia
Religious Democracy and Civilizational Politics
Qatar’s Natural Sustainability: Plans, Perceptions, and Pitfalls
Transformations of Regional Economic Governance in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Workforce Nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council States
Free Mobility within the Gulf Cooperation Council
A Theory of “Late Rentierism” in the Arab States of the Gulf
The GCC States and the Shifting Balance of Global Power
Web-Based Learning in Qatar and the GCC States
Britain and the Gulf Shaikhdoms, 1820 - 1971
Conservation in Qatar: Impacts of Increasing Industrialization
Fixing the Kingdom: Political Evolution and Socio-Economic Challenges in Bahrain
Iraqi Refugees: Seeking Stability in Syria and Jordan