--- title: Syria: The Gulf States Should Welcome Refugees description: Why Gulf States should open their doors to Syrian refugees, why feeling bad about gentrification doesn't help and more. canonical: https://time.com/4022795/gulf-states-should-welcome-refugees/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-04T16:01:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:46.867Z article:section: Ideas og:title: The Gulf States Should Welcome Refugees og:description: These are today's best ideas. og:url: https://time.com/4022795/gulf-states-should-welcome-refugees/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Gulf States Should Welcome Refugees twitter:description: These are today's best ideas. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Gulf States Should Welcome Refugees by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 4, 2015 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 4, 2015 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**The Persian Gulf States should open their doors to Syrian refugees.**](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/syria-crisis-wealthy-gulf-states-deny-famed-arab-hospitality-refugees-1518310) By Sultan Sooud al-Qassemi in the International Business Times **2\.** [**Stop feeling bad about gentrification. It’s not helping.**](http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/03/your-guilt-trip-wont-stop-gentrification) By Kalima Rose in the Guardian **3\.** [**Why Kazakhstan is building a uranium bank.**](http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/09/economist-explains-0) By the Economist **4\.** [**Find out how doctors closed the racial gap in kidney transplants.**](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/racial-gap-in-kidney-transplants-combated-by-policy-changes/) By Dina Fine Maron in Scientific American **5\.** [**Small countries are becoming a bigger deal in American diplomacy.**](http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/sri-lanka-a-lesson-for-u-s-strategy/) By Kadira Pethiyagoda in the Diplomat  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4022795/gulf-states-should-welcome-refugees/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4022795/gulf-states-should-welcome-refugees/"},"headline":"The Gulf States Should Welcome Refugees","datePublished":"2015-09-04T16:01:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:46.867Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4022795/gulf-states-should-welcome-refugees/","keywords":["Innovation","Sri Lanka","Kazakhstan","Syrian refugees","Gentrification"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4022795/gulf-states-should-welcome-refugees/","name":"The Gulf States Should Welcome Refugees"}}]}] ```