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)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)
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