179. Reporters without Borders press release, 29 July 2010.
180. The National , 25 July 2010.
181. Reporters without Borders press release, 29 July 2010.
182. E.g. Abdul Hamid Al-Kumaiti.
183. Asharq Al-Awsat , 4 August 2010.
184. Arab Times , 14 December 2009.
185. Gulf News , 20 October 2010.
186. Kipp Report , 7 April 2010.
187. Agence France Presse, 7 December 2010.
188. Agence France Presse, 3 July 2009.
189. Agence France Press, 19 December 2010.
190. The Guardian , 2 January 2011. Referencing Brian Whittaker’s blog.
191. Muhammad Al-Abdulkarim.
192. Agence France Presse, 6 December 2010.
193. As Fromherz describes ‘[the ruler] can support initiatives such as press freedom through [his wife] while distancing himself somewhat from the risks associated with such ventures’. See Fromherz, Allen J., Qatar: A Modern History (London: IB Tauris, 2012), p. 27.
194. The Economist , 14 May 2009.
195. Financial Times , 24 June 2009.
196. Doha Centre for Media Freedom press release, 23 June 2009. Since taken offline.
5. MOUNTING EXTERNAL PRESSURES
1. Davidson, Christopher M., Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success (London: Hurst, 2008), chapter 2.
2. Foreign Office 370/109814.
3. Financial Times , 3 January 2011.
4. Arabian Business , 19 January 2011.
5. Financial Times , 3 January 2011.
6. The Guardian , 19 December 2010.
7. Gulf News , 1 September 2006.
8. E.g. the ‘Dirham Savings Scheme’ offered by the UAE’s National Bonds Corporation.
9. Financial Times , 27 August 2007.
10. AME Info, 14 April 2008.
11. Construction Week , 4 March 2010; The National , 6 June 2011. The Abu Dhabi MGM resort will, however, be a non-gambling resort.
12. See for example Mahdavi, Parvis, Gridlock: Labor, Migration, and Human Trafficking in Dubai (Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2011).
13. SINA News Agency press release, May 2004, translated by the Women’s Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran.
14. Washington Post , 30 April 2006.
15. BBC News, 5 July 2012. The authorities seem unwilling to take action, likely concerned that any enforcement of dress code will be viewed as a concession to Islamist groups in the country.
16. Dahi Khalfan Al-Tamim.
17. Gulf News , 26 December 2010.
18. Gulf News , 26 September 2001.
19. Arabian Business , 15 January 2012.
20. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat press release, February 2012.
21. New York Times , 29 December 2010.
22. Globalsecurity.org Special report on Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
23. Davidson, Christopher M., The Persian Gulf and Pacific Asia: From Indifference to Interdependence (London: Hurst, 2010), chapter 7.
24. The other dry docks being in Bahrain.
25. Davidson (2010), chapter 7.
26. One company being British, one Danish, and the other Norwegian.
27. Workers World , 17 May 2007.
28. Davidson (2008), chapter 8.
29. International Herald Tribune , 22 June 2005.
30. Jane’s Defence Weekly , 7 February 2007.
31. Express Tribune Pakistan , 4 July 2011.
32. For a full discussion see Davidson, Christopher M., The United Arab Emirates: A Study in Survival (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2005), chapter 1.
33. Davidson (2010), chapter 7.
34. Washington Post , 27 May 2009.
35. The National , 25 May 2009.
36. The National , 25 May 2009.
37. Reuters, 10 October 2010.
38. CBC News , 14 October 2010.
39. General David Petraeus.
40. New York Times , 31 January 2010.
41. World Bank 2011 data derived from Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Military Expenditure Database.
42. The National , 2 January 2010.
43. Foreign Policy in Focus , 10 June 2011.
44. Al-Arabiya , 26 December 2010.
45. New York Times , 29 December 2011.
46. Foreign Policy in Focus , 10 June 2011.
47. Al-Jazeera English , 2 February 2012.
48. Reuters, 11 May 2012.
49. The Independent , 8 July 2011.
50. For dependency theory in the context of the Arab world see for example Amin, Samir, Unequal Development: An Essay on the Social Formations of Peripheral Capitalism (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1976).
51. Filiu, Jean-Pierre, The Arab Revolution: Ten Lessons from the Democratic Uprising (London: Hurst, 2011), p. 145.
52. Reuters, 29 November 2010.
53. Reuters, 7 December 2011.
54. Saud bin Faisal Al-Saud.
55. The Guardian , 7 December 2010.
56. Reuters, 29 November 2010.
57. Agence France Presse, 24 March 2011.
58. Reuters, 29 November 2010.
59. New York Times , 28 November 2010.
60. Foreign Policy , 17 December 2009.
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