{"id":130,"date":"2017-02-11T13:15:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T13:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:23:47","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles \/ Chapters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Journal articles \/ book chapter contributions (academic):<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Also see Google Scholar profile, available\u00a0here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson, ‘The GCC\u2019s Economic Diplomacy in a Multi-Polar World<\/strong>‘ in Middle East Journal<\/em>, Vol. 79, No. 1, 2026<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson, ‘Gulf States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman<\/strong>‘ in Sean Yom (ed.), Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa: Development, Democracy, and Dictatorship, 10th Edition<\/em>\u00a0(Abingdon: Routledge, 2026)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson, ‘Gulf States and Sharp Power: From Allies to Adversaries?’<\/strong> in Journal of Democracy<\/em>, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2024<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The United Arab Emirates: Evolving Authoritarian Tools\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Francesco Cavatorta, Merouan Mekouar, and Ozgun Topak (eds.),\u00a0New Forms of Authoritarian Control in the MENA Region<\/em> (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Muhammad bin Salman Al-Saud: King in All but Name\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Klaus Larres (ed.),\u00a0Dictators and Autocrats: Securing Power Across Global Politics<\/em>\u00a0(Abingdon: Routledge, 2021)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018US University Campuses in the Gulf Monarchies\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg (eds.),\u00a0The Political Economy of Education in the Arab World<\/em>\u00a0(Boulder: Lynne Rienner Press, 2021)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Saudi Arabia\u2019s Intelligence Service: Origins, Functions, and Complexities\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Bob de Graaff (ed.),\u00a0Intelligence Communities and Cultures in Asia and the Middle East: A Comprehensive Reference<\/em>\u00a0(Boulder: Lynne Rienner Press, 2020)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The Arab Spring and the Gulf Monarchies\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Raymond Hinnebusch and Jasmine Gani (eds.),\u00a0The Routledge Handbook to the Middle East and North Africa State and States System<\/em>\u00a0(Abingdon: Routledge, 2020)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The UAE, Qatar, and the Question of Political Islam\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Andreas Krieg (ed.),\u00a0Divided Gulf: The Anatomy of a Crisis<\/em>\u00a0(Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Syria and Imperialist Intervention, Past and Present\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Immanuel Ness and Zak Cope (eds.),\u00a0The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism<\/em> (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2019<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Why was Muammar Qadhafi really removed?\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Middle East Policy<\/em>, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2017<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The Arab Spring\u2019s Impact on the Persian Gulf Monarchies\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Uzi Rabi and Abdelilah Bouasria (eds.),\u00a0Lost in Translation: New Paradigms for the Arab Spring<\/em>\u00a0(Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2017)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Expatriates and the Gulf Monarchies: Politics, Security, and the Arab Spring\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Asian Affairs<\/em>, Vol. 45, No. 2, 2014<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The Gulf Monarchies and Pacific Asia: Towards Interdependency?\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Nele Lenze and Charlotte Schriwer (eds.),\u00a0Converging Regions: Global Perspectives on Asia and the Middle East<\/em>\u00a0(Farnham: Ashgate, 2014)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The Arab Sunset\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Foreign Affairs<\/em>, Vol. 95, No. 5, 2013<\/p>\n

Sylvia van de Bunt-Kokhuis, Christopher M. Davidson, Alan Sentini, Nabil Sultan, and David Weir,\u00a0\u2018E-Learning in the Arab Gulf: Responding to the Changing World of Education\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Mohamed Ramady (ed.),\u00a0The GCC Economies: Stepping Up to Future Challenges<\/em>\u00a0(London: Springer, 2012)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Government in the United Arab Emirates: Progress and Pathologies\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Abbas Kadhim (ed.),\u00a0Governance in the Middle East and North Africa<\/em>\u00a0(Abingdon: Routledge, 2012)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Gulf-Pacific Asia Linkages in the Twenty-First Century: A Marriage of Convenience?\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in David Held and Kristian Ulrichsen (eds.),\u00a0The Transformation of the Gulf: Politics, Economics and the Global Order<\/em>\u00a0(Abingdon: Routledge, 2012)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Higher Education in the Gulf States: From Traditional to Modern\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Nabil Sultan, David Weir, and Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub (eds.),\u00a0The New Post-Oil Arab Gulf: Managing People and Wealth<\/em>\u00a0(London: Saqi Books, 2011)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Introduction\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Christopher M. Davidson (ed.),\u00a0Power and Politics in the Persian Gulf Monarchies<\/em>\u00a0(London: Hurst & Co. \/ New York: Oxford University Press, 2011)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The United Arab Emirates\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Christopher M. Davidson (ed.),\u00a0Power and Politics in the Persian Gulf Monarchies<\/em>\u00a0(London: Hurst & Co. \/ New York: Oxford University Press, 2011)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The Gulf Arab States and Asia Pacific: Geo-Economics and Interdependency\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Matteo Legrenzi and Bessma Momani (eds.),\u00a0Shifting Geo-Economic Power of the Gulf<\/em>\u00a0(Farnham: Ashgate, 2011)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Dubai and the United Arab Emirates: Domestic and International Threats\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Matteo Legrenzi (ed.),\u00a0Security in the Gulf: Historical Legacies and Future Prospects<\/em>\u00a0(Abingdon: Routledge, 2010)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018From Traditional to Formal Education in the Lower Arabian Gulf, 1820\u20131971\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Tahir Abbas (ed.),\u00a0Islam and Education<\/em>\u00a0(Abingdon: Routledge, 2010)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The Higher Education Sector in the Gulf: History, Pathologies, and Progress\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Christian Koch and Leif Stenberg (eds.),\u00a0The EU and the GCC: Challenges and Prospects under the Swedish EU Presidency<\/em>\u00a0(Geneva: Gulf Research Center, 2010)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Abu Dhabi\u2019s New Economy: Oil, Investment and Domestic Development\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Middle East Policy<\/em>, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2009<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Dubai and the United Arab Emirates: Security Threats\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies<\/em>, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2009<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The United Arab Emirates: Prospects for Political Reform\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Brown Journal of World Affairs<\/em>, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2009<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Dubai: Foreclosure of a Dream\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Middle East Report<\/em>, No. 251 (summer), 2009<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The United Arab Emirates: Economy First, Politics Second\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Joshua Teitelbaum (ed.),\u00a0Political Liberalization in the Persian Gulf<\/em>\u00a0(London: Hurst & Co. \/ New York: Columbia University Press, 2009)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson, \u2018Dubai: The Security Dimensions of the Region\u2019s Premier Free Port\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Middle East Policy<\/em>, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2008<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018From Traditional to Formal Education in the Lower Arabian Gulf, 1820-1971\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0History of Education<\/em>, Vol. 27, No. 5, 2008<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Diversification in Abu Dhabi and Dubai: The Impact on National Identity and the Ruling Bargain\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Alanoud Alsharekh and Robert Springborg (eds.),\u00a0Popular Culture and Political Identity in the Arab Gulf States<\/em>\u00a0(London: Saqi Books, 2008)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Higher Education in the Gulf: An Historical Background\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Christopher M. Davidson and Peter Mackenzie-Smith (eds.),\u00a0Higher Education in the Gulf States: Shaping Economies, Politics and Cultures<\/em>\u00a0(London: Saqi Books, 2008)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The Impact of Economic Reform on Dubai\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in Anoushivaran Ehteshami and Steven Wright (eds.),\u00a0Reform in the Middle East Oil Monarchies<\/em>\u00a0(Reading: Ithaca Press, 2008)<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018Arab Nationalism and British opposition in Dubai, 1920-66\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Middle Eastern Studies<\/em>, Vol. 43, No. 6, 2007<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018The Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai: Contrasting Roles in the International System\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0Asian Affairs<\/em>, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2007<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson,\u00a0\u2018After Shaikh Zayed: The Politics of Succession in Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Middle East Policy<\/em>, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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