The End of Corporate Janissaries in the Gulf

Spring 2021 / Essays

Gulf family companies and businesses must learn to wean off the Kafala system that has created short-sighted dependency on elite migrant workers, much like the flawed Janissary model of governance.

Urban-Rural Disconnect: COVID-19 and Sustainability

June 16, 2020 / COVID-19: Global Crisis

The Urban-Rural Disconnect and how COVID-19 is influencing the Nexus of water, energy and food.

Deconstructing Fukuyama

Spring 2020 / Book Reviews

Taking apart the arguments of division that underscore the populist movements emerging in today’s liberal democracies

The Country to City Continuum

December 6, 2019 / Midan

Government leaders and public policy experts attended the Regional Workshop on Strengthening Migration Governance Across the Rural Urban Continuum.

Migration Myths and the Global South

Summer 2018 / Essays

The discourse currently dominating international migration privileges a Northern agenda and obfuscates the real causes and consequences of why people move. A greater focus on the Global South is essential.