Dr. Christopher M. Davidson
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Persian Gulf politics, socio-economic development, investments, etc.
THE PERSIAN GULF AND PACIFIC ASIA: FROM INDIFFERENCE TO
INTERDEPENDENCE
Christopher M. Davidson
Published December 2010 (New York: Columbia University Press, 2010; London: Hurst &Co.,
2010)
An electric combination of economic, diplomatic, and cultural concerns have "Asianized" Asia,
uniting the continent's many countries under a framework of interests and trends. Pushing
Asia's domain even further is a new and abiding relationship between its three most
industrialized economies and the Persian Gulf's six monarchies. What began as a basic,
twentieth-century marriage of convenience founded on the trading of hydrocarbon has now
evolved into a complex, long-term commitment guaranteeing continuous exchange of resources
and requirements. This bond has also strengthened the non-hydrocarbon, bilateral trade that
facilitates wealth investments on both sides, building lucrative opportunities for Pacific-Asian
construction and, in China's case, vast forces of labor. Christopher Davidson, an acclaimed
expert on the Middle East's rapidly changing economy, details the eastern and western factors
that have brought Asia and the Gulf closer together. Although this relationship has yet to
include military arrangements, evidence suggests that the two regions have bolstered other
noneconomic ties. Davidson unwinds the complex links between these emerging powers and
shows how their unique economic, political, geographical, and cultural identities both strengthen
and threaten their future partnership.
Columbia University Press book page (US edition)
Hurst & Co. book page (UK edition)
Amazon.com book page (US edition)
Amazon.co.uk book page (UK edition)
Excerpts:
Table of contents
Introduction
INTERDEPENDENCE
Christopher M. Davidson
Published December 2010 (New York: Columbia University Press, 2010; London: Hurst &Co.,
2010)
An electric combination of economic, diplomatic, and cultural concerns have "Asianized" Asia,
uniting the continent's many countries under a framework of interests and trends. Pushing
Asia's domain even further is a new and abiding relationship between its three most
industrialized economies and the Persian Gulf's six monarchies. What began as a basic,
twentieth-century marriage of convenience founded on the trading of hydrocarbon has now
evolved into a complex, long-term commitment guaranteeing continuous exchange of resources
and requirements. This bond has also strengthened the non-hydrocarbon, bilateral trade that
facilitates wealth investments on both sides, building lucrative opportunities for Pacific-Asian
construction and, in China's case, vast forces of labor. Christopher Davidson, an acclaimed
expert on the Middle East's rapidly changing economy, details the eastern and western factors
that have brought Asia and the Gulf closer together. Although this relationship has yet to
include military arrangements, evidence suggests that the two regions have bolstered other
noneconomic ties. Davidson unwinds the complex links between these emerging powers and
shows how their unique economic, political, geographical, and cultural identities both strengthen
and threaten their future partnership.
Columbia University Press book page (US edition)
Hurst & Co. book page (UK edition)
Amazon.com book page (US edition)
Amazon.co.uk book page (UK edition)
Excerpts:
Table of contents
Introduction
