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Biography : Christopher M. Davidson
Christopher Davidson is a fellow of the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham University, England. He is a former assistant professor of political science at Sheikh Zayed University in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and the author of Dubai: the Vulnerability of Success (Hurst Publishers) and of Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond (Hurst Publishers) and The United Arab Emirates: A Study in Survival.