This paper discusses the pathways to the knowledge economy taken by two countries with
abundant fossil-fuel reserves, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The shift towards a knowledge …

In recent years, Qatar and Abu Dhabi have experienced a proliferation of museums
symbolically embedded in a trilateral dialogue between the ruling families, the population …

To stop refugees and migrants, states have enlisted neighboring third countries to act as
buffers, thereby outsourcing border security. With many sub-Saharan migrants transiting …

This article theorizes the role of the elite in a sectarianized political system with a rentier
economy. It argues that by virtue of the sectarian and ethnic representation of the sub …

Economic development generally promotes women's autonomy. Yet women in resource-rich
autocracies fare more poorly than women in similarly wealthy industrial and postindustrial …

This article examines key questions of citizen-state, citizen-citizen, and citizen-expatriate
relations in the Arab Gulf states through the lens of the 2017 Qatar blockade. It utilizes …

Against the backdrop of fiscal reform efforts in Middle East oil producers, this article
proposes a general framework for understanding how citizens relate to welfare benefits in …

Under what conditions do cultural constraints limit women's opportunities to participate in the
labor force? A core challenge associated with understanding how culture impacts economic …

How are nationalism and national identity shifting in Qatar as a result of the regional crisis?
This study explores whether this moment of geopolitical fluidity allows for changes in …

Why do native citizens of the Middle East and North Africa express greater opposition to
certain types of migrants, refugees, and displaced persons? Why, particularly, do they …