Christopher M. Davidson

'Abu Dhabi's IHC: The Biggest Company You've Never Even Heard Of' Coming soon... via @HurstPublishers of London A revealing account of the power and ingenuity behind the new Gulf capitalism, through the story of its most successful company. #IHC #Abudhabi #UAE

Happy New Year!🍾Three Hurst books are featured in @FT’s What to Read in 2026 list!📚 Far-Right France by @VJMallet (Jan) The Doom Loop by @EswarSPrasad (Feb) Abu Dhabi’s IHC by @C_M_Davidson (June) Look out for these and many more in the coming months! ft.com/content/5de26a…

Further details: hurstpublishers.com/book/abo-dhabi…

'Abu Dhabi's IHC: The Biggest Company You've Never Even Heard Of' Coming soon... via @HurstPublishers of London A revealing account of the power and ingenuity behind the new Gulf capitalism, through the story of its most successful company. #IHC #Abudhabi #UAE

Relations between the Gulf and the West have entered a more complex and unpredictable era, and the broader ramifications are already being felt. Read Christopher Davidson's searching analysis "Gulf States and Sharp Power: Allies to Adversaries": buff.ly/47y62h2

A Plataforma Democrática acaba de lançar mais uma edição do Journal of Democracy (@jodemocracy) em Português! Disponível para download gratuito, a publicação traz seis artigos, sendo cinco traduções inéditas e um texto original em português. Assinados por Steven Levitsky, @LucanWay, Luiza Veronese Lacava, @marinasfbarreto, @monsodre, @nicolaslippolis, @Phillip_Ayoub, @StoecklKristina, @dr_davidson e Hesham Sallam (@WazirElKif), os artigos abordam temas como a resiliência da #democracia, relações entre #criseclimática e crise da democracia, #OrienteMédio, #ÁfricaSubsaariana e direitos individuais. Baixe a edição completa e boa leitura: abrir.link/VWyvq O #JournalofDemocracy em Português é uma publicação da #PlataformaDemocrática, iniciativa da Fundação Fernando Henrique Cardoso e do Centro Edelstein de Pesquisas Sociais que tem o objetivo de fortalecer a cultura e as instituições democráticas no Brasil e na América Latina. #FundacaoFHC #DefesadaDemocracia

🇦🇪🇸🇦🇶🇦 The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar are spreading their influence across borders. The most adversarial forms of Gulf sharp power appear to correlate with the increasingly autocratic nature of these regimes. Read FREE through January 31 to learn more: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

A belated thanks, @GNev2 & @draper_rob... was a pleasure to have helped out, and hope to cross paths again soon. Highly recommended Christmas reading for all: 'The People's Game: A View from a Front Seat in Football' (Sunday Times Bestseller). #PremierLeague #footballnews

Feat. Ronald Bruce St John on Libya and Christopher Davidson on the UAE…

My first authored book 'Qatar The Practice of Rented Power' is officially out (@routledgebooks @Rout_PoliticsIR). This is the outcome of my PhD at @Durham_SGIA, & academic visitorship at @OxfordMEC @StAntsCollege. taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.…

Glad to see that our papers to celebrate Dr Sulayman Khalaf's book "Social change in Syria..." have been published by the @SyriaStudies including papers by Professor Raymond Hinnebusch,maria kastrinou @nouraddouha,Myriam Ababsa, @dr_davidson, Paul Anderson.css.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2021/11/…

We are delighted to welcome @dr_davidson and Charles Parton OBE onto campus for our coming event about Sportswashing and Soft Censorship. For tickets and more details bristolsu.org.uk/groups/bristol…

“With so many other major family-owned conglomerates in Dubai, the stakes are too high to let such succession disputes bubble over,” said @dr_davidson bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business

Our most recent @arabdigest podcast with @dr_davidson has had more listens in is first week than any of the 99 podcasts we have done. So if you haven’t already give it a listen m.soundcloud.com/arabdigest/put…

CAIS Public Lecture Series presents "Advanced Sultanism? The Case of MBS and MBZ" with Professor Christopher M. Davidson. Details and registration at: cais.cass.anu.edu.au/events/cais-pu… @dr_davidson @caisanu @CentralAsiaCAIS @ANUcass @ourANU @KarimaLaachir

🇸🇦👩‍👩‍👧Saudi women’s lives have dramatically improved over the past few years but a red line remains around grassroots activism Read in FULL - by @dr_davidson author of 'From Sheikhs to Sultanism: Statecraft and Authority in Saudi Arabia and the UAE' arabdigest.org/sample-newslet…

Two brilliant, highly original books out soon from two of my illustrious @Durham_SGIA doctoral alumni: @diana_galeeva with 'Qatar: The Practice of Rented Power' (@routledgebooks) & @marcowenjones with 'Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East' (@HurstPublishers / @OUPAcademic)

MEC HYBRID SEMINAR WEDS 16TH FEB 5PM A New Cold War in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)? Full details: sant.ox.ac.uk/events/new-col… #africa #mena #middleeast #SovietUnion #ColdWar #northafrica

Glad to have contributed along with @Dr_DaniaThafer @EylMarc @abaabood @MehranHaghirian @dr_davidson @Ibishblog @Cinzia_Bianco

6/6) “From Sheikhs to Sultanism” illustrates how MBS and MBZ have reshaped #SaudiArabia and the #UnitedArabEmirates. @dr_davidson provides us with a deep dive into this new era of governance in the #GCC region 👉🏽 t1p.de/m4cd #mustread #CARPOtop5 #readinglist