Christopher Davidson is reader in Middle East politics at the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, a former visiting associate professor at Kyoto University, and a former assistant professor at Zayed University in the UAE. He is the author of several books on the politics and international affairs of the Gulf states, including Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond, Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success, and most recently he Persian Gulf and Pacific Asia: From Indifference to Interdependence.
"Nicely lays out this flashy emirate's astonishing ascent from tiny
fishing and pearling village to global hub."--TheNew York Times
"Traces Dubai's rise from sleepy Gulf port to player on the world
scene."--Los Angeles Times"The definitive book on Dubai and is
likely to become a classic in Gulf studies."--Ray Hinnebush, St
Andrews University
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