Dr. Christopher M. Davidson
Newspaper and Magazine Citations (2/3)

  • New York Times (US). 'Dubai Fund Asks for Stay on Debt Payments' 25/11/09.  Available here

  • Bloomberg (US). 'Dubai Autonomy Fades as Crisis Strengthens Abu Dhabi' 24/11/09.  Available
    here

  • Independent (UK). 'Christopher Davidson: The Gulf: A Choice Between Liberalisation or
    Recovery?' 24/11/09.  Available here

  • Maktoob (Dubai). 'Dubai in Image Makeover with Exec Shake-up' 23/11/09.  Available here

  • Bloomberg (US). 'Dubai Rulers Tightens Control, Downgrades Key Aides' 22/11/09.  Available here

  • Wall Street Journal (US). 'Dubai Finance Governor Replaced' 22/11/09.  Available here

  • Bloomberg (US). 'Dubai Ruler Shakes Up Key Investment Arm, Tightens Control' 21/11/09.  
    Available here

  • CNBC News (US). 'Dubai Ruler Emphasizes Links to Oil-Rich Abu Dhabi' 9/11/09.  Available here

  • Wall Street Journal (US). 'Dubai's Ruler Tells Critics to "Shut Up", Asserts Unity' 9/11/09.  Available
    here

  • Times Higher Education (UK). 'Oasis in the Desert' 5/11/09.  Available here

  • Dow Jones / Zawya (US). 'Abu Dhabi's F1 Race Stirs Rivalry Off the Track' 31/10/09.  Available here

  • Bloomberg (US). 'Clinton Seeks to Prod Israelis, Palestinians to Table During Mideast Trip'
    30/10/09.  Available here

  • Financial Times (UK). 'Financial Crisis Alters Traditional Affiliations' 28/10/09.  Available here

  • Times Higher Education (UK). 'Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond' 15/10/09.  Available here

  • Jerusalem Report (Israel). 'Hard Times for Arab Capital of Cool' 12/10/09.  Page 1  Page 2  Page 3


  • Arabian Business (Bahrain). 'Chasing the Dragon' 3/10/09.  Available here

  • Voice of America (US). 'Yemeni Troops Clash with Rebels' 29/9/09.  Available here

  • Times Higher Education (UK). 'Saudi Arabia Begins Putting Minds to Challenges of the Future'
    28/9/09.  Available here

  • Guardian (UK). 'From Desert Skyscrapers to Manchester City's Sky Blue Land of Riches' 18/9/09.  
    Available here

  • Financial Times (UK). 'Downturn Tests Dubai's Social Tolerance' 7/9/09.  Available here

  • Media Week (UK). 'Banned Book Publisher Denies Publicity Stunt' 6/9/09.  Available here

  • Maktoob (Dubai). 'Exploiting UAE "Censorship" Laws for Profit' 6/9/09.  Available here

  • Bloomberg (US). 'Abu Dhabi Hopes Soccer Success Will Lead Mideast World Cup' 1/9/09.  
    Available here

  • Gulf News (Dubai). 'Abu Dhabi Eyes the World Cup' 1/9/09.  Available here



  • La Repubblica (Italy). 'La Caduta di Metropolis: E Dubai Perde Lo Scettro Non E Piu L'Eldorado
    Arabo' 19/8/09.  Available here

  • Bloomberg (US). 'Manchester City Sheikh Out to Repeat Barclays Success' 15/8/09.  Available here

  • El Periodico (Spain). 'Christopher Davidson: Dubai es un Paraiso Insostenible' 19/7/09.  Available
    here

  • Khaleej Times (Dubai). 'Cityscape Dubai 2009 Set to be Held from Oct 5-8' 16/7/09.  Available here

  • AME Info (Dubai). 'Cityscape Paving the Way for Dubai's Next Chapter' 15/7/09.  Available here

  • Reuters (US). 'Kuwait's Democracy Troubles Arab Gulf Rulers' 24/6/09.  Available here

  • Bloomberg (US). 'Dubai's Former Finance Chief Al-Sheikh Quits Deyaar' 21/6/09.  Available here

  • New York Times (US). 'Questions About a Desert Village' 8/6/09.  Available here

  • International Herald Tribune (US). 'Questions About a Desert Village' 8/6/09.  Available here

  • The Journal (UK). 'Corporate Blow Threatens Newcastle United' 2/6/09.  Available here

  • Columbia Journalism Review (US). 'A Vision in the Desert: The National Tries to Lift Journalism in
    Abu Dhabi' 1/6/09.  Available here

  • Guardian (UK). 'New Concerns Over Portsmouth Bidder' 31/5/09.  Available here

  • Middle East Economic Digest (UK). 'Emirates Gains Strength Through Unity' 28/5/09.  Available
    here

  • Reuters (US). 'UAE FX Union U-Turn Sign of Power Shift' 27/5/09.  Available here

  • Kuwait Times (Kuwait). 'UAE Currency Move Shows Gulf Political Divides' 25/5/09.  Available here

  • Al-Watan Daily (Kuwait). 'Analysts See Power Shift in Arabian Peninsula' 22/5/09.  Available here

  • Forbes (US). 'Bad Timing for Dubai, Abu Dhabi' 20/5/09.  Available here

  • Washington Post (US). 'UAE: Tribal Justice or Trial Into Torture Claims?' 18/5/09.  Available here

  • Guardian (UK). 'UAE: Tribal Justice or Trial into Torture Claims?' 18/5/09.  Available here


  • CBS News (US). 'Torture Scandal in Abu Dhabi May Grow' 4/5/09.  Available here

  • New York Times (US). 'Videotape Complicates US Deal with Emirates' 2/5/09.  Available here



  • Tehran Times (Iran). 'Iranian National Files Suit Accusing Member of Dubai Ruling Family of
    Business Swindle' 20/4/09.  Available here

  • Reuters (US). 'Oman Seen Close to Iran, Wary of Saudi Influence' 16/4/09.  Available here


  • Washington Post (US). 'Claims of Biz Swindle in Dubai's Ruling Family' 16/4/09.  Available here

  • Forbes (US). 'Claims of Biz Swindle in Dubai's Ruling Family' 16/4/09.  Available here

  • Newsweek (US). 'Claims of Biz Swindle in Dubai's Ruling Family 16/4/09.  Available here

  • Guardian (UK). 'Claims of Biz Swindle in Dubai's Ruling Family' 16/4/09.  Available here

  • The State News (US). 'Eye on Dubai: MSU Continues Commitment to Middle East as Area's
    Economy Suffers' 9/4/09.  Available here

  • Bloomberg (US). 'Dubai Ruler Suspended from Horse Racing in Drugs Case' 8/4/09.  Available
    here

  • Khaleej Times (Dubai). 'Wikileaks: Leak That Turned into a Flood' 5/4/09.  Available here

  • Centre for Social Cohesion (UK). 'The Funding of Strategically Important Subjects in UK
    Universities' 31/3/09.  Available here

  • The Real Deal (US). 'Once Mighty, Dubai Wilts' 31/3/09.  Available here

  • Time (US). 'Dumping on Dubai: Have Hard Times Hit the Emirates?' 31/3/09.  Available here

  • O Globo (Brazil). 'Crise Desmancha Castelo de Sonhos de Dubai' 21/3/09.  Available here


  • Investors Business Daily (US). 'Dubai: Trying to Get Over the Hump' 13/2/09.  Available here

  • Al-Khaleej (Sharjah). 'Dubay wa Christopher Davidson: Al-Katib, Al-Kitab' 10/3/09.  Available here

  • Forbes (US). 'Dubai Fraud: Where Are the Locals?' 10/3/09.  Available here


  • Bloomberg (US). 'Dubai Banks on Rugby to Fix Image After Israeli Tennis Scandal' 4/3/09.  
    Available here

  • Foreign Affairs (US). 'Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success' 1/3/09.  Available here

  • Talouselama (Finland). 'Dubai: The Vulnerability of Succes, Unelma Happotestissa' 27/2/09.  
    Available here

  • The Economist (UK). 'Dubai's Bail Out: The Outstretched Palm' 26/2/09.  Available here

  • Jerusalem Post (Israel). '$10bn Bailout Threatens Dubai's Status as Mideast Money-Hub' 26/2/09.  
    Available here

  • Gulf News (Dubai). 'Author's Ban Claim Nonsense' 26/2/09.  Available here

  • Bloomberg (US). 'Oil Wealth, Immigrants Stir Angst in UAE, Exhibition Shows' 25/2/09.  Available
    here

  • FrontPage Magazine (US). 'Dubai's Dramatic Drop by Daniel Pipes' 25/2/09.  Available here

  • Bloomberg (US). 'Dubai Faces Curb on Money-Hub Ambitions After Bailout' 24/2/09.  Available here

  • Associated Press (US). 'Dubai Gets Govt. Cash Injection, But at What Cost?'  Available here

  • Construction Week (UK). 'Brand UAE Comes to Dubai's Rescue' 24/2/09.  Censored

  • International Herald Tribune (US). 'United Arab Emirates Aid Debt-Ridden Neighbor, Dubai'
    24/2/09.  Available here

  • New York Times (US). 'United Arab Emirates Aid Debt-Ridden Neighbor, Dubai' 23/2/09.  Available
    here

  • Reuters (US). 'Federal Aid Chastens Dubai Inc., Bolsters UAE' 23/2/09.  Available here

  • Los Angeles Times (US). 'Dubai's International Identity Under Spotlight Following Israeli Tennis
    Ban, Book Dispute' 21/2/09.  Available here

  • Chicago Tribune (US). 'Dubai's International Identity Under Spotlight Following Israeli Tennis Ban,
    Book Dispute' 21/2/09.  Available here

  • Forbes Magazines (US). 'Latest Flaps Call Dubai's Tolerance into Question' 21/2/09.  Available
    here

  • Times (UK). 'Geraldine Bedell's Novel Banned in Dubai Because of Gay Character' 16/2/09.  
    Available here

  • Construction Week (UK). 'Official Job Losses Risen Past 3500 Mark' 16/2/09.  Available here

  • International Herald Tribune (US). 'Laid Off Foreigners Flee as Dubai Declines' 12/2/09.  Available
    here

  • New York Times (US). 'Laid Off Foreigners Flee as Dubai Declines' 11/2/09.  Available here

  • International Herald Tribune (US). 'Dubai-Backed Companies Under Review Amid Downturn'
    2/2/09.  Available here


  • The National (Abu Dhabi). 'A Big Stage for Small Nations' 17/1/09.  Available here

  • Migration News (UK). 'Middle East: GCC, Saudi Arabia, UAE' January 2009.  Available here

  • Dow Jones/Zawya (US). 'Dubai Graft Dragnet Fails on Convictions, Human Rights' 26/12/08.  
    Available here

  • MarketsMedia (US). 'Read This: Taking a Look at a Nation at the Crossroads' 15/12/08.  Available
    here


  • The Herald (UK). 'Crisis that Dims Bright Lights of Dubai' 14/12/08.  Available here

  • Overseas Property Mall (US). 'Dubai's Bubble Has Officially Burst' 11/12/08.  Available here

  • Shanghai Daily (China). 'Credit Crunch Stomps on Dubai's Housing Market' 8/12/08.  Available
    here

  • New York Times (US). 'Dubai, The Glittering Emirate, Revisited' 6/12/08.  Available here