CIRS has published both English and Arabic versions of the "International Relations of the Gulf Summary Report" includes twelve synopses of the papers delivered at the two "International Relations of the Gulf working group" meetings in June 2008 and Januray 2009, as well as biographies of all...

During the last weeks before each quarterly expiration of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 futures, the bulk of trading volume begins to shift away from the next‐to‐expire (nearby or lead) contract toward the second‐to‐expire (next out) contract. At some point, the exchange formally...

"Oman's 1970 coup launched a new political and economic structure that was created by and for Sultan Qaboos. The initially haphazard construction matured into a durable structure that continues under Sultan Haitham. This work details the early construction of the Qabusid state in the...