REVIEWS
The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) - Review (Jan. 3, 2010)
Times of India - Review: City of gold, city of dust (Dec. 12, 2009)
New York Post - Review: The book on Dubai, from desert to glittering oasis (Dec. 5, 2009)
Bloomberg News - Review: Dubai’s Gamble Ends in Glistening Towers, Squalid Camps (Dec. 4, 2009)
Business Standard (India) - Dubai: From Big-is-Best to Big-is-Bust (Dec. 2, 2009)
Sunday Times - Review (Oct. 25, 2009)
Sunday Telegraph magazine - Review (Oct. 25, 2009)
The Daily Telegraph - Review (Oct. 9, 2009)
The Guardian - High temples of consumption (Sept. 25, 2009)
Huffington Post - Unconventional Wisdom on Dubai (Sept. 16, 2009)
Irish Times - REVIEW: "Man's last great folly" (Sept. 12, 2009)
Financial Times - REVIEW (Aug. 24, 2009)
Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW (July 27, 2009)
City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism Jim Krane. St. Martin's, $27.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-312-53574-2
Library Journal Review (August 13, 2009) VERDICT This landmark work is recommended to those interested in the history, politics, and economics of the Middle East; an excellent choice for anyone who wishes to learn more about Dubai.
Kirkus Reviews (August 9, 2009)
NEWS COVERAGE and COMMENTARY
Wall Street Journal - Friends in Need (Mar. 15, 2010)
Wall Street Journal - News Corp CEO Urges Mideast Media Freedom (Mar. 9, 2010)
Wall Street Journal - Media Giants Converge on Abu Dhabi (Mar. 9, 2010)
Time magazine - The Lessons of Dubai (Feb. 22, 2010)
New York Times - New Hints of Skulduggery in Hamas Killing (Feb. 16, 2010)
Gulf News (UAE) - Greater transparency can silence negative press (Feb. 16, 2010)
The National (UAE) - Time to speak up and fight back (Feb. 13, 2010)
Bloomberg News - Dubai Helps Iran Evade Sanctions as Smugglers Ignore U.S. Laws (Jan. 25, 2010)
Bloomberg News - Dubai to Put on Trial U.K. Woman Who Reported Rape (Jan. 28, 2010)
BBC TV - History of Now: The Story of the Noughties (Jan. 9, 2010) (start at 23 min. mark)
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Jim Krane's unlikely adventure (Jan. 9, 2010)
New York Times - Dubai Opens a Tower to Beat All (Jan. 4, 2010)
CNN - Debt-hit Dubai opens world's tallest tower (Jan. 4, 2010)
Epoch Times (US) - World's Tallest Building, Burj Dubai, Renamed Burj Khalifa (Jan. 4, 2010)
Wall Street Journal - Tower Embodies Dubai's Goals (Jan. 4, 2010)
Wall Street Journal - Dubai's Ruler Sends Uncle On US Geithner Mission (Dec. 17, 2009)
Al Jazeera English TV - Riz Khan talk show: Dubai: Back to business as usual? (Dec. 15, 2009)
Bloomberg News - Abu Dhabi May Demand More Power for $10 Billion Dubai Lifeline (Dec. 15, 2009)
New York Times - Abu Dhabi Tightens Its Grip as It Offers Help to Dubai (Dec. 14, 2009)
Epoch Times (US) - Crisis Over as Dubai Receives $1O Billion Abu Dhabi Bail-Out (Dec. 14, 2009)
The Independent - Does the sun still shine on Dubai? (Dec. 5, 2009)
New York Times - Debt Crisis Tests Dubai’s Ruler (Dec. 3, 2009)
New York Times - Leverage and Ambition Put Dubai in a Tailspin (Dec. 2, 2009)
National Public Radio - Will Abu Dhabi Come To Dubai's Aid? (Dec. 1, 2009)
National Public Radio - The Diane Rehm Show: Debt Crisis in Dubai (Dec. 1, 2009)
Daily Telegraph (UK) - Where Dubai leads, Britain could soon follow (Dec. 1, 2009)
Epoch Times (US) - End of the Road for Dubai's Rapid Development (Nov. 30, 2009)
National Public Radio - Dubai: Not Your 'Traditional' Muslim City (Nov. 30, 2009)
Washington Times - Dubai debt crisis rocks U.S., Asia markets (Nov. 28, 2009)
The Guardian - Expert View: The dark side of Dubai's success (Nov. 27, 2009)
Financial Times - Comment: Dubai gambles with its financial reputation (Nov. 27, 2009)
CNN Shifting sands for Dubai's property dream (Nov. 27, 2009)
CNN - JIM KRANE DISCUSSES DUBAI'S DEBT PROBLEMS IN LIVE INTERVIEW (Nov. 27, 2009)
Radio Netherlands Interview with Jim Krane about Dubai's debt issues (Nov. 27, 2009)
BBC WORLD - JIM KRANE DISCUSSES DUBAI'S DEBT PROBLEMS IN LIVE INTERVIEW (Nov. 26, 2009)
Arabian Business - Leaner but greener (interview)(Oct. 10, 2009)
Cleveland Scene - Interview with Jim Krane (Sept. 30, 2009)
MSNBC - JIM KRANE DISCUSSES HIS BOOK AND DUBAI'S RELATIONS WITH IRAN (Sept. 26, 2009)
Daily Telegraph - US embassy in Dubai 'is a recruiting ground for Iranian spies' (Sept. 23, 2009)
Al-Arabiya - US missions in UAE used to recruit Iran spies (Sept. 23, 2009)
Le Figaro - Confidentiel Dubaï, là où la CIA recrute (Sept. 16, 2009)
Financial Times - Comment: America can stop Gulf’s wasteful energy use (August 14, 2009)
Gulf News (UAE) - UAE's feats shine brightly (August 6, 2009)
Arabian Business magazine - The world’s fastest city (July 9, 2009)
The National newspaper (UAE) - Dubai on the Rise (March 3, 2009)
Emirates Business 24-7 (UAE) - Charting the Rise of Dubai (March 2, 2009)
Forbes magazine - Abu Dhabi Rising (Jan. 19, 2009)
National Public Radio - Halliburton CEO Moves to Dubai (Mar. 12, 2007)
PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
UPCOMING: Asia House (London) - The Gulf: Growth and Recession (with Christopher Davidson) (April 20, 2010)
UPCOMING: Cambridge University - The Gulf gas shortage and relevant policy options (Feb. 27, 2010)
Dubai School of Government - Perceptions of Dubai in the Western Media (Feb. 14, 2010)
Dubai School of Government - Jim Krane discusses book themes with audience (March 1, 2009)
BLOGS
In My Head - Review (Jan. 4, 2010)
Howe Street - Penthouse Gypsies Flock Here… You May, Too (Nov. 12, 2009)
Arabian Money - Review (Oct. 24, 2009)
Tehran Bureau - Stuck Between America and Iran (Sept. 18, 2009)
LA Times - IRAN: Book says U.S. spies pump Dubai visa applicants for intel (Sept. 16, 2009)
Informed Comment - American Nuclear Reactors for Dubai, Iran’s Best Friend (Sept. 8, 2009)
The Washington Note - Dubai, Not Obama, is the Mideast's Best Peace Hope (Sept. 1, 2009)
RESEARCH PAPERS and REPORTS
Dubai School of Government - Energy Conservation Options for GCC Governments (Feb. 2010)
Economist Intelligence Unit - The GCC in 2020: The Gulf and its People (September 2009)
©2009 Jim Krane